Chicoreus maurus

Chicoreus maurus
	Apertural view of Chicoreus maurus
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. maurus
Binomial name
	Chicoreus maurus; (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms
	Chicoreus colpos Dall, W.H. in Burch, R.D., 1955; Chicoreus crassivaricosus Reeve, L.A., 1845; Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus (Broderip, 1833); Chicoreus mexicanus Stearns, R.E.C., 1894; Murex colpos Dall in Burch, 1955; Murex maurus Broderip, 1833 (basionym); Murex mexicanus Stearns, 1894; Murex steeriae Reeve, 1845;

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 95 mm.

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands and New Caledonia.

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