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]
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| Apertural view of Chicoreus maurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Chicoreus |
| Species: | C. maurus
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| Chicoreus maurus (Broderip, 1833)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 95 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii, the Marquesas Islands and New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ a b Chicoreus maurus (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 June 2011.
External links
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- "Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
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