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[1]
  • 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.[1]

Description

Size 2–4 cm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References


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