Chicoreus dovi

Chicoreus dovi
Shell of Chicoreus dovi (paratype at MNHN, Paris]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. dovi
Binomial name
Chicoreus dovi Houart, 1984
Synonyms [1]
Chicoreus (Triplex) doviHouart, 1984

Chicoreus dovi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Kenya.

References

1. Chicoreus dovi Houart, 1984 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Houart, R., 1984. Description of the new species of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the eastern african coast: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) dovi n. sp.. Venus 43(1): 55-59