Chorus
Chorus giganteus shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

Description

The shell is ovate and ventricose. The spire is elevated. The wide aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is straight, produced in front. The columella is smooth and curved. The outer lip shows a prominent tooth at the fore part. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Chorus include:

  • Chorus blainvillei (A. d'Orbigny, 1843)
  • Chorus covacevichi DeVries, 1997
  • Chorus doliaris (R. A. Philippi, 1887)
  • Chorus frassinettii DeVries, 1997
  • Chorus giganteus (Lesson, 1831)[3]
  • Chorus grandis (R. A. Philippi, 1887)

References

  • DeVries, T. J. (1997). A review of the genus Chorus Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from western South America. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 30(3): 125-145


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