Biology:Chicoreus strigatus

Chicoreus strigatus
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. strigatus
Binomial name
	Chicoreus strigatus; (Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms
	Chicoreus (Triplex) strigatus (Reeve, 1849)· accepted, alternate representation; Murex multifrondosus Sowerby, 1879; Murex penchinati Crosse, 1861; Murex strigatus Reeve, 1849;

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Description

Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879 Murex. In: Thesaurus conchyliorum or genera of shells, vol. 4, p. 55 p, 24 pls
Houart, R., 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 154(A): 1-188
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp

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