Chicoreus subpalmatus

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

Description

Shell size 25-30 mm.

Distribution

This rare deep-water marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

• Houart, R., 1988. Description of seven new species of Muricidae (Neagastropoda) from the south-western Pacific Ocean. Venus 47(3): 185-196

External links

• MNHN, Paris : holotype