Chicoreus florifer
# Chicoreus florifer

Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer, common name : the flowery lace murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

## Subspecies and formae

* Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer arenarius (f) Clench, W.J. & I. Pérez Farfante, 1945
* Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer dilectus (f) (Adams, A., 1855) : the Florida lace murex (synonyms : Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer rachelcarsonae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987; Chicoreus rachelcarsonae Petuch, E.J., 1987)
* Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer emilyae (f) Petuch, E.J., 1987

## Description

The shell size varies between 35 mm and 93 mm. This shell is relatively elongate or fusoid and has a typical muricid outline. Three axial varices are present along its body whorl, each one ornamented by a characteristic row of leafy spines. Between the varices there is a shouldered axial rib. Aperture is small and subcircular. The outer apertural lip is dentate. The surface of the shell may be cream, pale rust-brown or deep brownish black. The interior is usually white.

## Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and along North Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas.

