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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) lepidotus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Murex (Chicoreus) lepidotus was named by Vokes (1963) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM644371, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) lepidotus by Vokes (1965).

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
1963	Murex (Chicoreus) lepidotus Vokes p. 152 figs. pl. 1, fig. 3
1965	Chicoreus (Chicoreus) lepidotus Vokes p. 185

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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	lepidotus	()

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) lepidotus Vokes 1963

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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: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (Florida)	Chicoreus lepidotus (92457 92505)