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 <small>(Fair, 1974)</small>
- Chicomurex excelsus <small>Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017</small>
- Chicomurex globus <small>Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015</small>
- Chicomurex gloriosus <small>(Shikama, 1977)</small>
- Chicomurex laciniatus <small>(Sowerby II, 1841)</small>
- Chicomurex lani <small>Houart, Moe & Chen, 2014</small>
- Chicomurex protoglobosus <small>Houart, 1992</small>
- Chicomurex pseudosuperbus <small>Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2015</small>
- Chicomurex ritae <small>Houart, 2013</small>
- Chicomurex rosadoi <small>Houart, 1999</small>
- Chicomurex superbus <small>(Sowerby III, 1889)</small>
- Chicomurex tagaroae <small>Houart, 2013</small>
- Chicomurex turschi <small>(Houart, 1981)</small>
- Chicomurex vaulberti <small>Houart & Lorenz, 2020</small>
- Chicomurex venustulus <small>(Rehder & Wilson, 1975)</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Chicomurex problematicus <small>(Lan, 1981)</small>: synonym of Chicomurex superbus <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)</small>
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
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