Chicoreus boucheti

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

Chicoreus boucheti
Shell of Chicoreus boucheti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. boucheti
Binomial name
Chicoreus boucheti
Houart, 1983
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) boucheti Houart, 1983a
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) boucheti Houart, 1983· accepted, alternate representation

Description

Size 2–4 cm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia

References
  1. Chicoreus boucheti Houart, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.


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