top of page
Species Page:

Lace Murex

(Reeve, 1846)

Chicoreus florifer

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Neogastropoda

Family:

Muricidae

Muricidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 374053

Shell Information

Length (mm): 75

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to Caribbean Sea

1 to 196 meters

Diet:

Carnivore

Habitat:

Marine; Hard substrates and among seagrass

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus dilectus (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419938 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. Garc�a. 29. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579�699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.

bottom of page