Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative spelling: Siratus
Parent taxon: Chicoreus according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1989 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Chicoreus), Chicoreus (Chicoreus) florifer, Chicoreus (Naquetia), Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex), Chicoreus (Triplex), Chicoreus asanoi, Chicoreus brunneus, Chicoreus jungi, Chicoreus ramosus, Chicoreus venezuelanus, Murex (Chicoreus) adelaidensis, Murex (Chicoreus) arrakanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) basicinctus, Murex (Chicoreus) capucinus, Murex (Chicoreus) longanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) lophoessus, Murex (Chicoreus) tenuicornis
Subtaxa: Chicoreus (Siratus) amplius Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus Chicoreus (Siratus) domingensis Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus Chicoreus (Siratus) juliagardnerae Chicoreus (Siratus) yaquensis Siratus adelosus Siratus amblyceras Siratus dennanti
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (13), Haiti (2), Japan (1), Panama (1), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (10)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Brazil (3), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (28), Mexico (2), Panama (2), United States (9: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 82 collections including 100 occurrences