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Chicoreus

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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|taxon= Chicoreus

|image = Chicoreus ramosus.png

|image_caption = Ventral view of a shell of Chicoreus ramosus

|authority= Montfort, 1810Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 610.

|type_species = Murex ramosus

|type_species_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)

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|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

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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.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

Species

Over 100 species are within the genus, with several subgenera, [http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Chicoreus_ramosus/]{{cite web|url=http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?mode=findsnail&genus=chicoreus&associatedname=&author=&year=&yearend=&Search=Search|title=Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca|last=Rosenberg|first=Gary|date=2009|accessdate=2013-11-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205487|title=World Register of Marine Species|accessdate=2013-11-27}} including:

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;Synonymized species :

  • Chicoreus adustus Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807)
  • Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 : synonym of Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879) : synonym of Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879)
  • Chicoreus cloveri Houart, 1985: represented as Chicoreus (Triplex) cloveri Houart, 1985
  • Chicoreus gubbi (Reeve, 1849) : synonym of Chicocenebra gubbi (Reeve, 1849)
  • Chicoreus guionneti Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2002 : synonym of Siratus guionneti (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001)
  • Chicoreus inflatus (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus
  • Chicoreus perelegans Vokes, 1965 : synonym of Siratus perelegans (Vokes, 1965)
  • Chicoreus subtilis Houart, 1977 : synonym of Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
  • Chicoreus superbus (Sowerby, 1889) : synonym of Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889)

;Subgenus Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) Swainson, 1833

In 2011, Phyllonotus was raised to the status of genus from its former state as subgenus of Chicoreus.Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 114

References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030230529/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Chicoreus_ramosus/ Chicoreus ramosus], at zipcodezoo (archived from [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030230529/http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/C/Chicoreus_ramosus/ the original])
  • Another taxonomy at [http://www.taxonomy.nl/main/classification/36311.htm]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:Muricinae