''Chicomurex'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
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 over 1,700 living species, the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neog ...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Chicomurex'' include:
* ''
Chicomurex elliscrossi''
(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'', the 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 average size ...
''
(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'', the 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 average size ...
''
(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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