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Chicoreus (Triplex)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Chicoreus (Triplex) was named by Perry (1810). It is extant. Its type is Murex rosaria.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pterynotus by Vokes (1970).

It was assigned to Chicoreus by Perry (1810), Landau et al. (2007), Landau et al. (2008) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Subtaxa

Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, Chicoreus (Triplex) foliosus (syn. Murex dujardini, Murex eximius), Chicoreus (Triplex) rosaria, Torvamurex

Species lacking formal opinion data

Chicoreus anuliferous, Chicoreus junghuhni, Chicoreus miltos, Chicoreus sextoni, Chicoreus superbus, Murex aldrichi, Murex microphyllus

Synonyms

Torvamurex was named by Iredale (1936).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Chicoreus (Triplex) by Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1810	Chicoreus (Triplex) Perry
1936	Torvamurex Iredale
2007	Chicoreus (Triplex) Landau et al. p. 15
2008	Chicoreus (Triplex) Landau et al. p. 455
2010	Chicoreus (Triplex) Landau and Marques da Silva p. 61

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	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	Triplex	Perry 1810

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 (Triplex) Perry 1810

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Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus Guppy 1876

†Chicoreus (Triplex) foliosus Bellardi 1873

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Invalid names: Murex dujardini Tournouër 1875 [synonym], Murex eximius Bellardi 1873 [synonym]

Chicoreus (Triplex) rosaria Perry 1810

Invalid names: Torvamurex Iredale 1936 [invalid subgroup]

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 Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 19.0 Ma

Collections (108 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Brazil (Para)	Chicoreus cornurectus (111196)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (92450)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (74913)
Otaian	21.7 - 19.0	New Zealand (North Island)	Chicoreus komiticus (176737)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	USA (Florida)	Chicoreus cornurectus (89576 92502 92503 92513 92551)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Venezuela (Falcón)	Chicoreus cornurectus (96434)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Venezuela (Falcon)	Murex brevifrons (60144)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (74959 131477)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Colombia (La Guajira)	Chicoreus cornurectus (136879 136880 136907 156524 156551 157828 157830 157858)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Australia (Victoria)	Murex lophaessus (72210)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Puerto Rico	Chicoreus cornurectus (92452 131917)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (74912 74934 93644 94139 94141 99854 111205 131369 131370 131371 131377 131380 131464 131508 131509 131514 131516 131517) Murex cornurectus (58816 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (74914 74915) Murex cornurectus (58867 58869)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Chicoreus cornurectus, Murex brevifrons (96514) Murex brevifrons (60637)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (75041 75042 84952 84956 84960 84983 84984 93601 93710 93716 93996 94000 94005 94006 94094 94099 94104 131494 131498 131522 131567 131569 131645 131655 131656 131658 131675)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (74966 74967 74971 75036 75037 75038 75039 75040 75043)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Costa Rica	Murex cornurectus (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (94007) Murex cornurectus (58815 58821 58823 58874)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Trinidad and Tobago	Chicoreus cornurectus (96517) Murex brevifrons (60409 60644 60649 60653)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chicoreus cornurectus (74968 80084 80136 93733 93737 131639)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Murex cornurectus (134657 134678)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	Chicoreus cornurectus (79710)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Spain	Chicoreus foliosus (80562)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Murex cornurectus (134659)