Chorus (gastropod)
Chorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Chorus | |
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Chorus giganteus shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | Chorus Gray, 1847 |
Type species | |
Monoceros giganteum Lesson, 1831 |
Species
Species within the genus Chorus include:
- Chorus giganteus (Lesson, 1831)[2]
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References
- Chorus Gray, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Chorus giganteus (Lesson, 1831). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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