Chicoreus lorenzi

Chicoreus lorenzi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[2]

Chicoreus lorenzi
Shell of Chicoreus lorenzi (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
Species:
C. lorenzi
Binomial name
Chicoreus lorenzi
Houart, 2009[1]
Synonyms

Chicoreus (Triplex) lorenzi Houart, 2009· accepted, alternate representation

Description

The length of the shell attains 47.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off French Polynesia.

References
  1. Houart (2009). Novapex 10 (4) : 173–176. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. Chicoreus lorenzi Houart, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart R. (2009). Description of Chicoreus (Triplex) lorenzi n.sp. (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the Marquesas Archipelago. Novapex 10(4): 173–176.


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