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Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus
Taxonomy
Murex formosus was named by Sowerby (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is Holotype (no number), a shell.
It was recombined as Siratus formosus by Fair (1976); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus by Vokes (1989).
It was recombined as Siratus formosus by Fair (1976); it was recombined as Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus by Vokes (1989).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Murex formosus Sowerby p. 197 figs. fig. 112 |
1976 | Siratus formosus Fair p. 43 |
1989 | Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus Vokes p. 47 |
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Chicoreus (Siratus) formosus Sowerby 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available