Chicoreus

Chicoreus
Ventral view of a shell of Chicoreus ramosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Murex ramosus
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) Houart, 1992
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Montfort, 1810
  • Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) Oyama, 1950
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) Perry, 1810
  • Euphyllon Jousseaume, 1880
  • Foveomurex Wenz, 1941
  • Frondosaria Schlüter, 1838
  • Murex (Chicoreus) Montfort, 1810
  • Pirtus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Torvamurex Macpherson & Gabriel, 1962
  • Torvamurex Iredale, 1936 (invalid, no description)
  • Triplex Perry, 1810

Chicoreus is a genus of medium- to large-sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.

Species

Over 100 species are within the genus, with several subgenera, including:

Synonymized species
Subgenus Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) Swainson, 1833

In 2011, Phyllonotus was raised to the status of genus from its former state as subgenus of Chicoreus.

References

  1. ↑ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 610.
  2. 1 2 "World Register of Marine Species". Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2010). Chicoreus Montfort, 1810. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205487 on 2010-11-01
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, Gary (2009). "Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca". Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  5. ↑ Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 114