''Chicomurex'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Muricidae
Muricidae is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, commonly known as murex snails or rock snails. With about 1,600 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Ne ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include:
* ''
Chicomurex elliscrossi
''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This clas ...
''
(Fair, 1974)
* ''
Chicomurex excelsus''
Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017
* ''
Chicomurex globus''
Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015
* ''
Chicomurex gloriosus''
(Shikama, 1977)
* ''
Chicomurex laciniatus''
(Sowerby II, 1841)
* ''
Chicomurex lani''
Houart, Moe & Chen, 2014
* ''
Chicomurex protoglobosus''
Houart, 1992
* ''
Chicomurex pseudosuperbus''
Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015
* ''
Chicomurex ritae''
Houart, 2013
* ''
Chicomurex rosadoi''
Houart, 1999
* ''
Chicomurex superbus
''Chicomurex superbus'', common name : superb murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the ...
''
(Sowerby III, 1889)
* ''
Chicomurex tagaroae''
Houart, 2013
* ''
Chicomurex turschi''
(Houart, 1981)
* ''
Chicomurex vaulberti''
Houart & Lorenz, 2020
* ''
Chicomurex venustulus''
(Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Chicomurex problematicus''
(Lan, 1981):
synonym of ''
Chicomurex superbus
''Chicomurex superbus'', common name : superb murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 85 mm with the ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
References
* 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
External links
Arakawa K.Y. (1964). A study on the radulae of the Japanese Muricidae (2). The genera Vexilla, Nassa, Rapana, Murex, Chicoreus and Homalocantha. Venus. 22(4): 355-364, pl. 21
Muricinae
Gastropod genera
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