Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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) Mollusks
└Gastropoda (Class) Gastropods
 └Caenogastropoda (Subclass) Caenogastropods
  └Neogastropoda (Order)
   └Muricoidea (Superfamily)
    └Muricidae (Family) Murex
     └Chicoreus (Genus)
      └C. brevifrons (Species)
WoRMS ID: 558803🔗
iNaturalist ID: 292586🔗

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