Chicoreus

Chicoreus
Ventral view of a shell of Chicoreus ramosus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Chicoreus
Montfort, 1810
Type species
Murex ramosus
Synonyms
  • Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) Houart, 1992
  • Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Montfort, 1810
  • Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) Oyama, 1950
  • Chicoreus (Triplex) Perry, 1810
  • Euphyllon Jousseaume, 1880
  • Foveomurex Wenz, 1941
  • Frondosaria Schlüter, 1838
  • Murex (Chicoreus) Montfort, 1810
  • Pirtus de Gregorio, 1885
  • Torvamurex Macpherson & Gabriel, 1962
  • Torvamurex Iredale, 1936 (invalid, no description)
  • Triplex Perry, 1810

Chicoreus is a genus of medium- to large-sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.

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