Chicoreus
Introduction '''''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'' (Lamarck, 1822)* ''Chicoreus akritos'' Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976*''Chicoreus allaryi'' Houart, Quiquandon & Briano, 2004* ''Chicoreus androyensis'' Damarco & Briano, 2020* ''Chicoreus anosyensis'' Bozzetti, 2013* ''Chicoreus aquilus'' Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017* ''Chicoreus arbaguil'' Houart, 2015*''Chicoreus asianus'' Kuroda, 1942*''Chicoreus austramosus'' Vokes, 1978*''Chicoreus axicornis'' (Lamarck, 1822)*''Chicoreus banksii'' (Sowerby II, 1841)*''Chicoreus boucheti'' Houart, 1983*''Chicoreus bourguignati'' (Poirier, 1883)*''Chicoreus brevifrons'' (Lamarck, 1822)* ''Chicoreus brianbaileyi'' (Mühlhäusser, 1984)*''Chicoreus brunneus'' (Link, 1807)*''Chicoreus bullisi'' Vokes, 1974*''Chicoreus bundharmai'' Houart, 1992* ''Chicoreus capucinus'' Lamarck, 1822*''Chicoreus cervicornis'' (Lamarck, 1822)*''Chicoreus cloveri'' (Houart, 1985)*''Chicoreus cnissodus'' (Euthyme, 1889)* ''Chicoreus cornucervi'' (Röding, 1798)*''Chicoreus corrugatus'' Sowerby II, 1841*''Chicoreus cosmani'' Abbott & Finlay, 1979*''Chicoreus crosnieri'' Houart, 1985*''Chicoreus damicornis'' (Hedley, 1903)* ''Chicoreus denudatus'' (Perry, 1811)* ''Chicoreus dharmai'' Houart, 2015* ''Chicoreus dodongi'' Houart, 1995* ''Chicoreus dovi'' Houart, 1984* ''Chicoreus dunni'' Petuch, 1987* ''Chicoreus duyenae'' Thach, 2016* ''Chicoreus elisae'' Bozzetti, 1991* ''Chicoreus exuberans'' Cossignani, 2004* ''Chicoreus felicitatis'' Bozzetti, 2011* ''Chicoreus florifer'' (Reeve, 1846)* ''Chicoreus fosterorum'' Houart, 1989* ''Chicoreus franchii'' Cossignani, 2005* ''Chicoreus franzettiae'' Houart, 2019* ''Chicoreus giadae'' Cossignani, 2016* ''Chicoreus groschi'' Vokes, 1978* ''Chicoreus guillei'' Houart, 1985* ''Chicoreus ingridmariae'' Houart, 2010* ''Chicoreus insularum'' (Pilsbry, 1921)* ''Chicoreus janae'' Houart, 2013* ''Chicoreus jessicae'' Houart, 2008* ''Chicoreus kahlbrocki'' Houart & Lorenz, 2020* ''Chicoreus kaitomoei'' Houart, Moe & C. Chen, 2017* ''Chicoreus kantori'' Houart & Héros, 2013 * ''Chicoreus laqueatus'' (Sowerby II, 1841)* † ''Chicoreus lawsi'' (P. A. Maxwell, 1971) * ''Chicoreus leali'' Thach, 2016* ''Chicoreus litos'' Vokes, 1978* ''Chicoreus loebbeckei'' (Kobelt, 1879)* ''Chicoreus longicornis'' (Dunker, 1864)* ''Chicoreus lorenzi'' Houart, 2009 * ''Chicoreus maurus'' (Broderip, 1833)* ''Chicoreus mergus'' Vokes, 1974* ''Chicoreus microphyllus'' (Lamarck, 1816)* ''Chicoreus miyokoae'' (Kosuge, 1979) * ''Chicoreus mocki'' Beals, 1997* ''Chicoreus monicae'' Bozzetti, 2001* ''Chicoreus nobilis'' Shikama, 1977* ''Chicoreus orchidiflorus'' Shikama, 1973* ''Chicoreus paini'' Houart, 1983* ''Chicoreus palmarosae'' (Lamarck, 1822)* ''Chicoreus paucifrondosus'' Houart, 1988* ''Chicoreus peledi'' Vokes, 1978* ''Chicoreus pisori'' Houart, 2007* ''Chicoreus rachelcarsonae'' Petuch, 1987* ''Chicoreus ramosus'' (Linnaeus, 1758)* ''Chicoreus roberti'' Bozzetti, 2015* ''Chicoreus rossiteri'' (Crosse, 1872)* ''Chicoreus rubescens'' (Broderip, 1833)* ''Chicoreus ryosukei'' Shikama, 1978* ''Chicoreus ryukyuensis'' Shikama, 1978* ''Chicoreus saulii'' (Sowerby II, 1841)* ''Chicoreus setionoi'' Houart, 2001* ''Chicoreus solangeae'' Bozzetti, 2014* ''Chicoreus spectrum'' (Reeve, 1846)* ''Chicoreus strigatus'' (Reeve, 1849)* ''Chicoreus subpalmatus'' Houart, 1988* ''Chicoreus territus'' (Reeve, 1845)* ''Chicoreus teva'' Houart & Lorenz, 2016* ''Chicoreus thomasi'' (Crosse, 1872)* ''Chicoreus torrefactus'' (Sowerby II, 1841)* ''Chicoreus trivialis'' (A. Adams, 1854)* ''Chicoreus varius'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)* ''Chicoreus virgineus'' (Röding, 1798)* †''Chicoreus xestos'' (E. Vokes, 1974)* ''Chicoreus zululandensis'' Houart, 1989;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'' (Reeve, 1849)*''Chicoreus guionneti'' Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2002 : synonym of ''Siratus guionneti'' (Merle, Garrigues & Pointier, 2001)*''Chicoreus inflatus'' (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of ''Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus''*''Chicoreus perelegans'' Vokes, 1965 : synonym of ''Siratus perelegans'' (Vokes, 1965)*''Chicoreus subtilis'' Houart, 1977 : synonym of ''Chicoreus (Chicopinnatus) orchidiflorus'' (Shikama, 1973)*''Chicoreus superbus'' (Sowerby, 1889) : synonym of ''Chicomurex superbus'' (Sowerby, 1889);Subgenus ''Chicoreus'' (''Phyllonotus'') Swainson, 1833In 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'' (Swainson, 1831)*''Chicoreus regius'' (Swainson, 1821): synLamarckonym of ''Hexaplex regius'' (Swainson, 1821)
References
External links *  Chicoreus ramosus, at zipcodezoo (archived from  the original)* Another taxonomy at