Chicoreus

Chicoreus
Ventral view of a shell of Chicoreus ramosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Murex ramosus
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[3]

  1. ^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 610.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Worms was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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