OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Chicoreus (Triplex) saulii (Sowerby, 1834)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex saulii Sowerby, 1841
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Comoro Islands (Comoros)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.134
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 140 metres
]
depth: subtidal [ from 15 metres
]
habitat: coral reef
References
Houart, R. 1992. p.54, figs. 11, 159, 295, 303 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) saulii (Sowerby, 1834)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47986) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-23. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-03.