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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cosmani

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Chicoreus cosmani was named by Abbott and Finlay (1979) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 783323, a shell.

It was recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cosmani by Vokes (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Chicoreus cosmani Abbott and Finlay p. 159 figs. figs. 1-9
1989Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cosmani Vokes p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusChicoreusMonfort 1810
subgenusChicoreusMontfort 1810
speciescosmani(Abbott and Finlay 1979)

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.

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cosmani Abbott and Finlay 1979
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available