Chicoreus rachelcarsonae

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Chicoreus rachelcarsonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Chicoreus
Subgenus:
Triplex
Species:
C. rachelcarsonae
Binomial name
Chicoreus rachelcarsonae
Petuch, 1987
Synonyms [1]

Chicoreus rachelcarsonaePetuch, 1987

Chicoreus rachelcarsonae 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

Original description: "Shell delicate, very frondose, with 3 varices per whorl; one large knob along shoulder between varices; varix with 5 spines; spines often frondose; siphonal canal with 3 large spines; spine on shoulder largest; spire high and elevated; shell color pink or pale salmon-orange overlaid with numerous fine, pale tan spiral threads; spines often darker pinkish red or orange-red; protoconch and early whorls bright orange-red; siphonal canal completely closed." [2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 150 metres depth, 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA." [3]

Habitat

This rare Gulf of Mexico species lives on coralline algal sea floors.

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References

  1. 1 2 Chicoreus rachelcarsonae Petuch, 1987 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 13. Publ: CERF
  3. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 13. Publ: CERF


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