Chorus (gastropod)

Chorus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Chorus

Chorus giganteus shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	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]

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.

External links

Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219. Date of publication November 1847

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