Biology:Chicoreus varius

Short description: Species of gastropod

Chicoreus varius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. varius
Binomial name
Chicoreus varius (Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms
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.

Description

The shell size varies between 29 mm and 65 mm

Distribution

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

References

• 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q5096559 entry