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Chicoreus (Chicoreus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Montfort
1989Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Vokes p. 31
2001Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Todd

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusChicoreusMonfort 1810
subgenusChicoreusMontfort 1810

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Montfort 1810
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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cosmani Abbott and Finlay 1979
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Invalid names: Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench and Farfante 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Chicoreus corrigendum (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Murex brevifrons (60979 65162) Murex brevifrons, Murex brevifrons (112590)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Chicoreus corrigendum (93774)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Chicoreus dujardinoides (92512) Chicoreus dujardinoides, Chicoreus elusivus (89576 92458) Chicoreus elusivus (89574 89575 92379 92460 92502 92503 92513 92542 92546 92548 92550 92551 92554 92556) Chicoreus folidodes, Chicoreus lepidotus (92457 92505) Murex folidodes (41760 42290 42328 42419)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Chicoreus aquitanicus (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Chicoreus corrigendum (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Río Negro) Chicoreus guadalupei (179578)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Murex aquitanicus (178112)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Chicoreus corrigendum (74958)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Murex brevifrons, Murex brevifrons (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Oaxaca) Chicoreus brevifrons (42313)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) Chicoreus sp. (135818)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Chicoreus borni (123125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Chicoreus enigmaticus (111205)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Chicoreus sp. (79995) Murex brevifrons (145254)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Chicoreus sp. (136104 136122)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Murex brevifrons (93176 93177)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Chicoreus enigmaticus (96499)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Chicoreus sp. (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Chicoreus sp. (79855)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Chicoreus brevifrons (41831 96486)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus clausii (74965)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Chicoreus floridanus (92440 92441 92510 92516 92518 92519 92520) Chicoreus floridanus, Chicoreus xestos (79959) Chicoreus xestos (92624)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Chicoreus sp. (69092 69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) Murex brevifrons (41540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Tayabas) Murex brevifrons (41568)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Chicoreus brevifrons (131210 131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Chicoreus dilectus (92449 92779)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Chicoreus prolixus (92575 92697 96519)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Chicoreus sp. (79794)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Chicoreus floridanus (92365 92366)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Chicoreus floridanus (92367)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Chicoreus floridanus (92334 92335 92336 92337 92338 92339 92340 92341 92342 92343 92499 92500 92511) Murex brevifrons (41501 41718)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela Chicoreus brevifrons (131267)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chicoreus floridanus (92331 92498)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chicoreus dilectus (92369 92370 92514 92515)