Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) venezuelanus, Murex venezuelanus
Full reference: F. Hodson and H.K. Hodson. 1931. Some Venezuelan Mollusks: Part 2. Bulletins of American Paleontology 16(60):95-132
Belongs to Chicoreus according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Hodson and Hodson 1931, Vokes 1965 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Chicoreus), Chicoreus (Chicoreus) florifer, Chicoreus (Naquetia), Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex), Chicoreus (Siratus), Chicoreus (Triplex), Chicoreus asanoi, Chicoreus brunneus, Chicoreus jungi, Chicoreus ramosus, Murex (Chicoreus) adelaidensis, Murex (Chicoreus) arrakanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) basicinctus, Murex (Chicoreus) capucinus, Murex (Chicoreus) longanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) lophoessus, Murex (Chicoreus) tenuicornis
Type specimen: PRI 24101, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Venezuela (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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