Chicoreus palmarosae

Chicoreus palmarosae
A shell of Chicoreus palmarosae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Chicoreus
Species:
C. palmarosae
Binomial name
Chicoreus palmarosae
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) maurus sauliae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1841
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae rosarius (f) Perry, G., 1811
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) rosaria Perry, G., 1811
  • Murex argyna Mörch, 1852
  • Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822

Chicoreus palmarosae (rose-branch murex) is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails.

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