Chicoreus florifer
| Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer | |
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| Shell of Chicoreus florifer from Bahamas at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| 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. florifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer, common name : the flowery lace murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Subspecies and formae
- Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer arenarius (f) Clench, W.J. & I. Pérez Farfante, 1945 [2]
- Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer dilectus (f) (Adams, A., 1855) :[3] the Florida lace murex (synonyms : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer rachelcarsonae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987; Chicoreus rachelcarsonae Petuch, E.J., 1987)
- Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer emilyae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987 [4]
Description
The shell size varies between 35 mm and 93 mm. This shell is relatively elongate or fusoid and has a typical muricid outline. Three axial varices are present along its body whorl, each one ornamented by a characteristic row of leafy spines. Between the varices there is a shouldered axial rib. Aperture is small and subcircular. The outer apertural lip is dentate. The surface of the shell may be cream, pale rust-brown or deep brownish black. The interior is usually white.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and along North Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas.
References
- 1 2 Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer arenarius Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.; accessed : 1 November 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer dilectus; accessed : 1 November 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer emilyae; accessed : 1 November 2010
Further reading
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- George E. Radwin, Anthony D'Attilio Murex Shells of the World: An Illustrated Guide to the Muricidae - Page 37