OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus (Broderip, 1833)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex maurus Broderip, 1833
Murex steeriae Reeve, 1845
Murex mexicanus Stearns, 1893
Murex colpus Dall in Burch, 1955
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Society Islands (Iles de la Societe): Tahiti
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Marquesas (Iles Marquises)
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ from 1 metres
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to 15 metres
]
References
Houart, R. 1992. p.51, figs. 8, 157, 288-291, 298 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
Chicoreus Montfort, 1810
Chicoreus (Triplex) Perry, 1810
Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus (Broderip, 1833)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47980) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-23. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-23.