Chicoreus (Triplex) boucheti Houart, 1983

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 443

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978-2-85653-614-8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491335

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C18E62-6E11-D217-FF26-FC3CFD3CE60A

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scientific name

Chicoreus (Triplex) boucheti Houart, 1983
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Chicoreus (Triplex) boucheti Houart, 1983 View in CoL

Chicoreus boucheti Houart, 1983: 27 View in CoL , text figs 3-4, pl. 1, figs 1-2.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. SUVA 2: stn BS 10, 18°12’S, 178°30’E, 123 m, 1 dd juv (damaged) GoogleMaps .

Tonga. BORDAU 2: stn DW 1567, 21°02’S, 175°19’W, 351-356 m, 1 dd juv (damaged).

DISTRIBUTION. — New Caledonia, now Fiji and Tonga (new records), shells only in 123-351 m.

REMARKS. — Chicoreus boucheti has a typical broad and large protoconch consisting of 1¼ to 1½ whorls, and long, open spines in the extension of P1, P3 and P5.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Chicoreus

Loc

Chicoreus (Triplex) boucheti Houart, 1983

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie 2008
2008
Loc

Chicoreus boucheti

HOUART R. 1983: 27
1983
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