Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex (Murex) domingensis, Murex domingensis
Belongs to Chicoreus (Siratus) according to E. H. Vokes 1989
See also Anderson 1929, Maury 1917 and Vokes 1963
Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Siratus) amplius, Chicoreus (Siratus) articulatus, Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes, Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus, Chicoreus (Siratus) juliagardnerae, Chicoreus (Siratus) yaquensis, Siratus adelosus, Siratus amblyceras, Siratus dennanti
Type specimen: BMNH G 83948, a shell
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (9 collections), Haiti (2), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (9)
• Miocene of Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (19)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
• Oligocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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