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Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes was named by Vokes (1989) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is USNM 323869, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. aldrichi, C. axicornis, C. brevis, C. burnsii, C. calusa, C. dormani, C. duerri, C. dujardini, C. floridensis, C. gravesae, C. judeae, C. junghuhni, C. miccosukee, C. michelotti, C. microphyllus, C. mississippiensis, C. nicholsi, C. puruensis, C. pyknos, C. sarae, C. saulii, C. scaber, C. sedgwicki, C. shirleyae, C. stephensae, C. stetopus, C. striaeformis, C. superbus, C. susanae, C. trigonalis, C. virgineus, C. borni, C. guadalupei, C. aldrichi, C. davisi, C. globosus, C. hippocastanum, C. margaritensis, C. millvillensis, C. mississippiensis, C. tritonopsis, C. trophoniformis, C. capuchinus, C. anuliferous, C. chipolanus, C. consuela, C. denegatus, C. miltos, C. quirosensis, C. sextoni, C. springeri, C. komiticus, Murex adustus, Murex aldrichi, Murex angulifer, Murex arakanensis, Murex arrakensis, Murex asianus, Murex microphyllus, Murex pyknos, Murex virgineus, Murex triangularis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1989	Chicoreus (Siratus) eumekes Vokes p. 51 figs. pl. 3, figs. 11, 12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Muricinae	da Costa 1776
genus	Chicoreus	Monfort 1810
subgenus	Siratus	(Jousseaume 1880)
species	eumekes

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 (Siratus) eumekes Vokes 1989

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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

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus eumekes (93686)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus eumekes (84960 93689 93716 131656)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus eumekes (74967 75036 75038)