Chicoreus spectrum

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

Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum
Chicoreus spectrum
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. spectrum
Binomial name
Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms
Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846)· accepted, alternate representation Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench & Farfante, 1945 Murex argo Clench & Farfante, 1945 Murex imbricatus Higgins & Marratt, 1877 Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846

Description

The shell size varies between 23 mm and 165 mm. Colors can vary from a bright orange, to a reddish brown.

Distribution

This uncommon species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, living at depths from 30–100 metres

References

• Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59

External links

The Chong Chen Archives- Chicoreus Spectrum, ( Reeve 1846)

• Reeve L.A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.