Chicomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Chicomurex | |
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| Chicomurex venustulus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Chicoreus (Chicomurex) Arakawa, 1964 | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Chicomurex include:
- Chicomurex elliscrossi (Fair, 1974)[2]
- Chicomurex excelsus Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017
- Chicomurex globus Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015
- Chicomurex gloriosus (Shikama, 1977)
- Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby II, 1841)[3]
- Chicomurex lani Houart, Moe & Chen, 2014
- Chicomurex protoglobosus Houart, 1992[4]
- Chicomurex pseudosuperbus Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015
- Chicomurex ritae Houart, 2013
- Chicomurex rosadoi Houart, 1999[5]
- Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby III, 1889)[6]
- Chicomurex tagaroae Houart, 2013
- Chicomurex turschi (Houart, 1981)[7]
- Chicomurex vaulberti Houart & Lorenz, 2020
- Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)[8]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Chicomurex problematicus (Lan, 1981):[9] synonym of Chicomurex superbus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
References
edit- ^ a b Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 November 2010.
- ^ Chicomurex elliscrossi (Fair, 1974). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby II, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Chicomurex protoglobosus Houart, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Chicomurex rosadoi Houart, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Chicomurex turschi (Houart, 1981). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ 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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