Chicoreus
Chicoreus is a genus of medium- to large-sized predatory sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the murexes or rock snails.
Species
Over 100 species are within the genus, with several subgenera, including:- Chicoreus aculeatus Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
- Chicoreus allaryi Houart, Quiquandon & Briano, 2004Chicoreus androyensis Damarco & Briano, 2020Chicoreus anosyensis Bozzetti, 2013Chicoreus aquilus Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017Chicoreus arbaguil Houart, 2015
- Chicoreus asianus Kuroda, 1942
- Chicoreus austramosus Vokes, 1978
- Chicoreus axicornis
- Chicoreus banksii
- Chicoreus boucheti Houart, 1983
- Chicoreus bourguignati
- Chicoreus brevifrons Chicoreus brianbaileyi
- Chicoreus brunneus
- Chicoreus bullisi Vokes, 1974
- Chicoreus bundharmai Houart, 1992Chicoreus capucinus Lamarck, 1822
- Chicoreus cervicornis
- Chicoreus cloveri
- Chicoreus cnissodus Chicoreus cornucervi
- Chicoreus corrugatus Sowerby II, 1841
- Chicoreus cosmani Abbott & Finlay, 1979
- Chicoreus crosnieri Houart, 1985
- Chicoreus damicornis Chicoreus denudatus Chicoreus dharmai Houart, 2015Chicoreus dodongi Houart, 1995Chicoreus dovi Houart, 1984Chicoreus dunni Petuch, 1987Chicoreus duyenae Thach, 2016Chicoreus elisae Bozzetti, 1991Chicoreus exuberans Cossignani, 2004Chicoreus felicitatis Bozzetti, 2011Chicoreus florifer Chicoreus fosterorum Houart, 1989Chicoreus franchii Cossignani, 2005Chicoreus franzettiae Houart, 2019Chicoreus giadae Cossignani, 2016Chicoreus groschi Vokes, 1978Chicoreus guillei Houart, 1985Chicoreus ingridmariae Houart, 2010Chicoreus insularum Chicoreus janae Houart, 2013Chicoreus jessicae Houart, 2008Chicoreus kahlbrocki Houart & Lorenz, 2020Chicoreus kaitomoei Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017Chicoreus kantori Houart & Héros, 2013 Chicoreus laqueatus
- † Chicoreus lawsi Chicoreus leali Thach, 2016Chicoreus litos Vokes, 1978Chicoreus loebbeckei Chicoreus longicornis Chicoreus lorenzi Houart, 2009 Chicoreus maurus Chicoreus mergus Vokes, 1974Chicoreus microphyllus Chicoreus miyokoae Chicoreus mocki Beals, 1997Chicoreus monicae Bozzetti, 2001Chicoreus nobilis Shikama, 1977Chicoreus orchidiflorus Shikama, 1973Chicoreus paini Houart, 1983Chicoreus palmarosae Chicoreus paucifrondosus Houart, 1988Chicoreus peledi Vokes, 1978Chicoreus pisori Houart, 2007Chicoreus rachelcarsonae Petuch, 1987Chicoreus ramosus Chicoreus roberti Bozzetti, 2015Chicoreus rossiteri Chicoreus rubescens Chicoreus ryosukei Shikama, 1978Chicoreus ryukyuensis Shikama, 1978Chicoreus saulii Chicoreus setionoi Houart, 2001Chicoreus solangeae Bozzetti, 2014Chicoreus spectrum Chicoreus strigatus Chicoreus subpalmatus Houart, 1988Chicoreus territus Chicoreus teva Houart & Lorenz, 2016Chicoreus thomasi Chicoreus torrefactus Chicoreus trivialis Chicoreus varius Chicoreus virgineus Chicoreus woelflingi T. Cossignani, 2024
- †Chicoreus xestos Chicoreus zululandensis Houart, 1989
- Chicoreus adustus Lamarck, 1822 : synonym of Chicoreus brunneus
- Chicoreus akritos Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 : synonym of Chicoreus microphyllus
- Chicoreus clausii : synonym of Hexaplex varius clausii
- Chicoreus cloveri Houart, 1985: represented as Chicoreus cloveri Houart, 1985
- Chicoreus gubbi : synonym of Chicocenebra gubbi
- Chicoreus guionneti Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2002 : synonym of Siratus guionneti
- Chicoreus inflatus : synonym of Chicoreus ramosus
- Chicoreus perelegans Vokes, 1965 : synonym of Siratus perelegans
- Chicoreus subtilis Houart, 1977 : synonym of Chicoreus orchidiflorus
- Chicoreus superbus : synonym of Chicomurex superbus
In 2011, Phyllonotus was raised to the status of genus from its former state as subgenus of Chicoreus.
- Chicoreus erythrostomus : synonym of Hexaplex erythrostomus
- Chicoreus regius : synLamarckonym of ''Hexaplex regius''