Chicomurex

Chicomurex
Chicomurex venustulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicomurex
Arakawa, 1964{
Type species
Murex superbus
Sowerby III, 1889
Synonyms[1]

Chicoreus (Chicomurex) Arakawa, 1964

Chicomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Chicomurex include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ^ a b Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
  2. ^ Chicomurex elliscrossi (Fair, 1974). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby II, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Chicomurex protoglobosus Houart, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Chicomurex rosadoi Houart, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ^ Chicomurex turschi (Houart, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. ^ Chicomurex problematicus (Lan, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp
  • Houart R. , Moe C.O. & Chen C. , 2015. Description of two new species of Chicomurex from the Philippine Islands (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with update of the Philippines species and rehabilitation of Chicomurex gloriosus (Shikama, 1977). Venus 73(1-2): 1-14
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