''Chicomurex'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sea snails,

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gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the

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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 ''Chicomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include: * ''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' (Fair, 1974) * '' Chicomurex ex ...

'' Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017 * ''

Chicomurex globus ''Chicomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include: * ''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' (Fair, 1974) * ''Chicomurex exc ...

'' Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015 * ''

Chicomurex gloriosus ''Chicomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include: * ''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' (Fair, 1974) * ''Chicomurex exc ...

'' (Shikama, 1977) * ''

Chicomurex laciniatus ''Chicomurex laciniatus'', common name the laciniated murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm an ...

'' (Sowerby II, 1841) * ''

Chicomurex lani ''Chicomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include: * ''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' (Fair, 1974) * ''Chicomurex exc ...

'' Houart, Moe & Chen, 2014 * '' Chicomurex protoglobosus'' Houart, 1992 * ''

Chicomurex pseudosuperbus ''Chicomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include: * ''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' (Fair, 1974) * ''Chicomurex exc ...

'' Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015 * ''

Chicomurex ritae ''Chicomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include: * ''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' (Fair, 1974) * ''Chicomurex exc ...

'' 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 ''Chicomurex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Species Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include: * ''Chicomurex elliscrossi'' (Fair, 1974) * '' Chicomurex ex ...

'' Houart, 2013 * ''

Chicomurex turschi ''Chicomurex turschi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or 'rock snails'. Description Distribution This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea Papua ...

'' (Houart, 1981) * '' Chicomurex vaulberti'' Houart & Lorenz, 2020 * ''

Chicomurex venustulus ''Chicomurex venustulus'', common name the charming murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 7 ...

'' (Rehder & Wilson, 1975) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Chicomurex problematicus'' (Lan, 1981): synonym of ''

'' (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 {{Muricinae-stub