Chicoreus corrugatus

Chicoreus corrugatus
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. corrugatus
Binomial name
Chicoreus corrugatus
Sowerby, 1841

Chicoreus corrugatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Size 3-5cm (30-50mm)

Distribution

Red Sea

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