Biology:Chicoreus boucheti

Short description: Species of gastropod

Chicoreus boucheti
Shell of Chicoreus boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. boucheti
Binomial name
Chicoreus boucheti Houart, 1983
Synonyms
Chicoreus (Chicoreus) boucheti Houart, 1983a Chicoreus (Triplex) boucheti Houart, 1983· accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

Size 2–4 cm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

External links

• Houart, R., 1983. Three new tropical muricacean species (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Venus 42(1): 26-33

Wikidata ☰ Q5096504 entry