Chicoreus maurus

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Chicoreus maurus
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Apertural view of Chicoreus maurus
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C. maurus
Binomial name
Chicoreus maurus
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms [1]
  • Chicoreus colpos Dall, W.H. in Burch, R.D., 1955
  • Chicoreus crassivaricosus Reeve, L.A., 1845
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus (Broderip, 1833)
  • Chicoreus mexicanus Stearns, R.E.C., 1894
  • Murex colposDall in Burch, 1955
  • Murex maurusBroderip, 1833 (basionym)
  • Murex mexicanusStearns, 1894
  • Murex steeriaeReeve, 1845

Chicoreus maurus, common name the Maurus murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands and New Caledonia.

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