Chicoreus paini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chicoreus paini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. paini
Binomial name
Chicoreus paini
Houart, 1983
Synonyms[1]
  • Chicoreus kengaluae Muhlhausser & Alf, 1983
  • Chicoreus paini Houart, 1983
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) paini Houart, 1983 (basionym)
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) paini Houart, 1983· accepted, alternate representation

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off the Solomon Islands

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