Chicoreus elisae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Original description: "Shell small for the Genus, biconical, with 5-6 teleoconch whorls.
Protoconch unknown. Aperture ovate, well-raised labial sinus continuing inside. Outer lip denticulate. Columellar lip callous, smooth, clearly separated from body of shell. Siphonal canal moderately long (about one-third of the shell), straight. Last teleoconch whorl with three varices and intervarical strong axial ribs with rounded profile. Spiral sculpture consisting of six cords, equally distributed from shoulder to adapical extremity of varix. Three additional cords on siphonal canal. Other spiral sculpture of numerous narrow striae. Short open spines formed where cords cross varices. Shoulder spine stronger.
Ground colour reddish-brown, varices and intervarical ribs dark brown. Dark brown blotches on spiral cords. Peristoma reddish, inside of aperture bluish-white. Operculum brown, covered by dense concentric striae."[2]
Locus typicus: "Off Capo Ras Hafun, Horn of Africa, Somalia."[3]
This marine species occurs off Somalia.
Chicoreus elisae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Chicoreus elisae is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Muricidae.[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1991 door Bozzetti.
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Chicoreus elisae là một loài ốc biển, là động vật thân mềm chân bụng sống ở biển thuộc họ Muricidae, họ ốc gai.[1]
Chicoreus elisae là một loài ốc biển, là động vật thân mềm chân bụng sống ở biển thuộc họ Muricidae, họ ốc gai.
