Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

West Indian Murex
Chicoreus brevifrons
West Indian Murex
Category: Murex
Scientific Name: Chicoreus brevifrons
Size: Up to 6in. (16 cm)  
Depth: 10-80 ft. (3-25 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida Keys, Gulf of America
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Gastropoda (Class)
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  └Neogastropoda (Order)
   └Muricidae (Family)
    └Chicoreus (Genus)

Gastropods
Murex

West Indian Murex

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