Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons, Murex brevifrons
Belongs to Chicoreus (Chicoreus) according to E. H. Vokes 1974
See also Vokes 1965 and Woodring 1959
Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) aquitanicus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) bullisi, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) clausii, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) corrigendum, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cosmani, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) dilectus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) dujardinoides, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) enigmaticus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) floridanus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) folidodes, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) lepidotus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) mergus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) prolixus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) xestos
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (6)
• Miocene of Brazil (4), Mexico (1), Panama (3)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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