Chicoreus dovi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Chicoreus dovi | |
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Shell of Chicoreus dovi (paratype at MNHN, Paris] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Chicoreus |
Species: | C. dovi
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Binomial name | |
Chicoreus dovi Houart, 1984
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Synonyms[1] | |
Chicoreus (Triplex) dovi Houart, 1984 |
Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Kenya.
References
edit- ^ a b Chicoreus dovi Houart, 1984. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart, R., 1984. Description of the new species of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the eastern african coast: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) dovi n. sp.. Venus 43(1): 55-59