MURICIDAE
CHICOREUS Montfort, 1810
C. bourguignati (Poirier, J., 1883)
Nacala, No. Mozambique 76.78mm
Nacala, No. Mozambique 79.94mm
"Inn by the Sea", Zanzibar 59.78mm
| Species | Max size | Protoconch | Teloconch | Spiral sculpture | Anal notch | Spination | Siphon canal |
| C. bourguignati | <= 95mm | 2 3/4 - 3 protoconch whorls | up to 10 weak angulate teloconch whorls | 5-6 squamous primary cords & 8-10 secondary cords & threads | Small, relatively shallow with a low callus | 5 short spines & intermediate spinlets with shoulder spine longest & strong spinelet between shoulder and next spine | Medium size, 3-4 relatively long fronded spines, the abapical second which is the longest |
| C. bourguignati | 76.78mm | 1 1/2 broken | 6 / 21 varices | 6 / 10 | Small, relatively shallow with a low callus | 5 short spines & intermediate spinlets with shoulder spine longest & strong spinelet between shoulder and next spine | 4 relatively long fronded spines, the abapical second which is the longest |
| C. bourguignati | 79.94mm | 1 1/2 broken | 6 / 19 varices | 6 / 10 | Small, relatively shallow with a low callus | 5 short spines & intermediate spinlets with shoulder spine longest & strong spinelet between shoulder and next spine | 3 long fronded spines,1 short. the abapical 1st & 2nd the same length |
| C. bourguignati | 59.78mm | 2 broken | 5/ 19 varices | 5/ 9 | Small, relatively shallow with a low callus | 4 short spines & intermediate spinlets with shoulder spine longest & strong spinelet between shoulder and next spine | 3 long fronded spines,1 short, the abapical second which is the longest |