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Chicomurex

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Muricidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Muricinae

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Similar
  
Dermomurex, Orania, Ergalatax, Favartia, Vokesimurex

Chicomurex is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Chicomurex include:

  • Chicomurex elliscrossi (Fair, 1974)
  • Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby II, 1841)
  • Chicomurex lani Houart, Moe & Chen, 2014
  • Chicomurex protoglobosus Houart, 1992
  • Chicomurex ritae Houart, 2013
  • Chicomurex rosadoi Houart, 1999
  • Chicomurex superbus (Sowerby III, 1889)
  • Chicomurex tagaroae Houart, 2013
  • Chicomurex turschi (Houart, 1981)
  • Chicomurex venustulus (Rehder & Wilson, 1975)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Chicomurex problematicus (Lan, 1981): synonym of Chicomurex superbus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)

    • References

    Chicomurex Wikipedia
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