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Chicoreus (Siratus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Siratus Jousseaume
1960Chicoreus (Siratus) MacNeil p. 62
1989Chicoreus (Siratus) Vokes p. 43
1994Siratus Wilson p. 36
2001Chicoreus (Siratus) Todd
2002Siratus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusChicoreusMonfort 1810
subgenusSiratus(Jousseaume 1880)

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.

Subg. Chicoreus (Siratus) Jousseaume 1880
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Invalid names: Murex (Murex) gardnerae Vokes 1963 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Murex antillarum Gabb 1873 [synonym]
Siratus adelosus Vokes 1989
Siratus amblyceras Tate 1888
Siratus dennanti Tate 1888
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene47.8 - 28.4Haiti Murex domingensis (173456)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Murex domingensis (173459)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago Murex domingensis (80169)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Chicoreus sextoni, Chicoreus yaquensis (111196) Murex yaquensis (60979 65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Veracruz-Llave) Chicoreus miltos (92609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela Chicoreus quirosensis (96484)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chicoreus sp. (74913)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Chicoreus chipolanus, Chicoreus juliagardnerae (89574 92379 92513 92548) Murex gardnerae (89575 92458 92501 92502 92503)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Chicoreus denegatus, Chicoreus quirosensis (96434)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Murex dennanti, Murex amblyceras (72210)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Chicoreus articulatus (74934) Chicoreus domingensis, Chicoreus eumekes (93686) Chicoreus sp. (74912) Haustellum adelosus (111205)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Chicoreus domingensis (131220) Murex domingensis (88297)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Chicoreus articulatus (96499)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chicoreus domingensis (74914 74915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Chicoreus domingensis (84956 84974 93652 93654 93687 93709 131561 131566 131567 131568 131569 131571 131645 131655) Chicoreus domingensis, Chicoreus amplius, Chicoreus yaquensis (75041) Chicoreus domingensis, Chicoreus eumekes (93716) Chicoreus eumekes (84960 93689 131656) Murex adelosus (93710 94099)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Chicoreus sp. (135889)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Chicoreus sp. (135821)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus domingensis (74911 74966 74969 74971 75040 75043) Chicoreus domingensis, Chicoreus amplius (75037) Chicoreus domingensis, Chicoreus eumekes (74967) Chicoreus domingensis, Chicoreus formosus, Chicoreus eumekes (75036) Chicoreus eumekes (75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Chicoreus domingensis (41831 96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Murex domingensis (58815 58823 58874)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus articulatus, Chicoreus formosus (74965) Chicoreus domingensis (94102 131572 131634 131636 131639) Murex adelosus (74968 93733)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Chicoreus domingensis (93655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Chicoreus anuliferous (42166)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Murex domingensis (60898 66810)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Chicoreus consuela, Chicoreus springeri (96519)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Dominican Republic Chicoreus articulatus, Chicoreus formosus (93612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Chicoreus sp. (61340)