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Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Murex spectrum was named by Reeve (1846) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1950-10-23-1, a shell.

It was recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum by Vokes (1965) and Vokes (1989).

Synonyms
  • Murex (Chicoreus) argo was named by Clench and Farfante (1945). It is extant. Its type specimen is Liverpool Museum (no #), a shell.

    It was recombined as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) argo by Vokes (1965); it was synonymized subjectively with Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum by Vokes (1974).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Murex spectrum Reeve figs. pl. 36, fig. 187
1945Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench and Farfante p. 31 fig. 17
1965Chicoreus (Chicoreus) argo Vokes p. 194
1965Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum Vokes p. 195
1974Murex spectrum Vokes p. 90
1989Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum Vokes p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMuricinaeda Costa 1776
genusChicoreusMonfort 1810
subgenusChicoreusMontfort 1810
speciesspectrum(Reeve 1846)

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.

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Invalid names: Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench and Farfante 1945 [synonym]
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available