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Chicoreus varius

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Chicoreus varius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. varius
Binomial name
Chicoreus varius
(Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879)
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879)
  • Hexaplex varius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
  • Murex clausii Dunker, 1879
  • Murex varius G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 (original combination)
  • Murex varius var. inops Dautzenberg, 1891
  • Muricanthus varius (Sowerby II, 1834)

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

Description

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The shell size varies between 29 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola and Angola.

References

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  1. ^ a b Chicoreus varius (Sowerby II, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 April 2012.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.