Chicoreus maurus

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]

Chicoreus maurus
Apertural view of Chicoreus maurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Chicoreus
Species:	C. maurus
Binomial name
Chicoreus maurus (Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
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

Description

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

Distribution

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