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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) prolixus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) prolixus was named by Vokes (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 647117, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 954 - Pueblo Nuevo [Moin Fm], which is in a Pliocene coastal horizon in the Moin Formation of Costa Rica.

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1974	Chicoreus (Chicoreus) prolixus Vokes p. 88 figs. pl. 2, fig. 5

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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	Chicoreus	Montfort 1810
species	prolixus

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) prolixus Vokes 1974

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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: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Costa Rica	Chicoreus prolixus (type locality: 92575 92697 96519)