Chicoreus lorenzi

Chicoreus lorenzi
Shell of Chicoreus lorenzi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. lorenzi
Binomial name
Chicoreus lorenzi Houart, 2009 [1]
Synonyms
Chicoreus (Triplex) lorenziHouart, 2009· accepted, alternate representation

Chicoreus lorenzi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 47.4 mm. The shell is orange and shaped similar to that of a diamond.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia.

References

1. Houart (2009). Novapex 10 (4) : 173–176. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Chicoreus lorenzi Houart, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Houart R. (2009). Description of Chicoreus (Triplex) lorenzi n.sp. (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Marquesas Archipelago. Novapex 10(4): 173–176.