Chicoreus saulii

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| image_caption = A shell of Chicoreus saulii

| taxon = Chicoreus saulii

| authority = (Sowerby, 1841)

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  • Chicoreus saulii (Sowerby, 1841)
  • Murex saulii Sowerby, 1841

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Chicoreus saulii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405924|Chicoreus (Triplex) saulii (Sowerby, 1841)||20 December 2010}}

Description

The shell size varies between 60 mm and 142 mm.

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean along Japan and Papua New Guinea

References

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  • rivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice