Chicoreus spectrum

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum

| image = Chicoreus_spectrum_Barbados.jpg

| image_caption = Chicoreus spectrum

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

| superfamilia = Muricoidea

| familia = Muricidae

| subfamilia = Muricinae

| genus = Chicoreus

| subgenus = Triplex

| species = C. spectrum

| binomial = Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum

| binomial_authority = (Reeve, 1846)

| synonyms_ref =

| 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

}}

Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|405926|Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846)||20 December 2010}}

Description

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

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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

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  • 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