Chicoreus spectrum

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

Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum
Chicoreus spectrum
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. spectrum
Binomial name
Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846)· accepted, alternate representation Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench & Farfante, 1945 Murex argo Clench & Farfante, 1945 Murex imbricatus Higgins & Marratt, 1877 Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846

Description

The shell size varies between 23 mm and 165 mm. Colors can vary from a bright orange, to a reddish brown.

Distribution

This uncommon species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, living at depths from 30–100 metres