Chicoreus genus of medium- to large-sized predatory sea snails . These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.
Over 100 species are within the genus, with several subgenera, [1] including:
Synonymized species Chicoreus adustus Lamarck , 1822 : synonym of Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807)Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 : synonym of Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck , 1816)Chicoreus clausii (Dunker, 1879) : synonym of Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) varius clausii (Dunker, 1879)Chicoreus cloveri]' Houart, 1985: represented as Chicoreus (Triplex) cloveri Houart, 1985 Chicoreus gubbi (Reeve, 1849) : synonym of Chicocenebra gubbi Chicoreus guionneti Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2002 : synonym of Siratus guionneti Chicoreus inflatus (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus Chicoreus perelegans Vokes, 1965 : synonym of Siratus perelegans Chicoreus subtilis Houart, 1977 : synonym of Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)Chicoreus superbus (Sowerby, 1889) : synonym of Chicomurex superbus Subgenus Chicoreus (Phyllonotus Swainson , 1833 In 2011, Phyllonotus was raised to the status of genus from its former state as subgenus of Chicoreus .
Chicoreus erythrostomus (Swainson, 1831): synonym of Hexaplex erythrostomus Chicoreus regius (Swainson, 1821): synonym of Hexaplex regius 
