Biology:Chicoreus rossiteri

Chicoreus rossiteri
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. rossiteri
Binomial name
	Chicoreus rossiteri; (Crosse, 1872)
Synonyms
	Chicoreus (Triplex) rossiteri (Crosse, 1872)· accepted, alternate representation; Chicoreus saltatrix Kuroda, 1964; Murex rossiteri Crosse, 1872; Murex rossiteri Crosse, 1872 (original combination);

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 46.6 mm.

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

Crosse, H., 1872. Diagnoses Molluscorum Novae Caledoniae incolarum. Journal de Conchyliologie 20: 70-75
Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188

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