• Triplex Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. London : George Smeeton pl. I–XLVIII. [pl. 23] [the specific epithet foliatus Perry, 1810 was placed on the Official Index by Opinion 911, 1970, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 27(1): 20, 21. See also Pterymurex].

  Type species:

   Triplex foliatus Perry, 1810 (= Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822 [ICZN opinion 911, 1970]) by monotypy.
• Pirtus Gregorio, A. de 1885. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee, viventi e fossili con una revista del gen. Vulsella e del gen. Ficula e con dei reffronti con specie di altre regioni e di altri bacini. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 10: 247-257 [257].

  Type species:

   Murex (Pirtus) fiatus de Gregorio, 1885 (= Murex dujandini Tournouer, 1875 [Houart1992A]) by monotypy.
• Torvamurex Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [323] [Marine molluscs of Victoria: 167; not available (no description) from Iredale, 1936. See also Foveomurex].

  Type species:

   Triplex denudatus Perry, 1811 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from South Africa to New Caledonia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Houart, R. 1994. Illustrated Catalogue of Recent Species of Muricidae named since 1971. Weisbaden, Germany : Verlag Christa Hemmen pp. 1-179, pl. 28. [11-12]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [100-105, pls 48-75]

History of changes

• Murex axicornis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [163].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Indian Ocean and Moluccas.
• Murex kawamurai Shikama, T. 1964. Selected shells of the world illustrated in colours. Tokyo : Hokuryu-Kan Vol. 2 pp. 1-212. [116] [pl. 65, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT 61245, South west Taiwan.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus (Triplex) axicornis (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [366, pl. 61, figs 1-8]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to New Caledonia

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

General References

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [67, figs 23-25]

Houart, R. 2001. Ingensia gen. nov. and eleven new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. pp. 243-269 in Bouchet, P. & Marshall, B.A. (eds). Tropical deep-sea benthos, Volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 185: 1–406 [251]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [366, pl. 61, figs 1-8]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [25] (Centre-Horned Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 37] (The Axis' Horn Murex)

History of changes

• Triplex cornucervi Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 7, fig. 4] [junior homonym; not Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AMG, South Seas.
• Murex banksii Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1840. Descriptions of shells collected by H. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 87-169 [140].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197478, Moluccas.
• Murex crocatus Reeve, L.A. 1845. Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of Molluscous animals. Vol. 3. Murex: 36 + 1 pls (1845-46, 1849). [pl. 33, fig. 168].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1984076.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus banksii (Sowerby, 1840). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 7a-b]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) banksii (Sowerby, 1840). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [368, pl. 62, figs 1-13]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Indonesia to New Caledonia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 60 m; on rocks near sandy bottom (Middelfart pers. obs.)

General References

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [69, figs 26-28,100-101,178]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [368, pl. 62, figs 1-13]

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [357, pl. 2, fig. 5]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 7a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, fig. 2]

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 168] (as Murex crocatus) (Banks' Murex, The Saffron-Tinged Murex)

History of changes

• Murex versicolor Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3530] [junior homonym; not Murex versicolor Gmelin, 1791: 3531].
• Purpura brunnea Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [121] [reference to Martini, 1777 [figs 990, 991, 993, 994]].
• Triplex rubicunda Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. London : George Smeeton pl. I–XLVIII. [pl. 25].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Amboyna and the Persian Gulf.
• Triplex flavicunda Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. London : George Smeeton pl. I–XLVIII. [pl. 25].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia
  Comment: This type locality is probably in error. In 1810, “Botany Bay” was a generic term for half of Australia. The species does not occur in NSW.
• Murex adustus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [162].

  Type data:

   Lectotype GMNH 1099/18, Indian Ocean.
• Murex erithrostomus Dufo, M.H. 1840. Observations sur les Mollusques marins, terrestres et fluviatiles des iles Séchelles et des Amirantes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris 2 14, Zoologie: 45–80 (extrait), 166–221(suite) [56].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Seychelles and the Amirates.
• Purpura scabra Mörch, O.A.L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit d. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, regis daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis caroli Tertii eques. Part 1. Cephalophora. Copenhagen : Hafinae Vol. 1 170 pp. [97].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) China (fide Martyn, 1784).
• Murex despectus Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 69-74 [72].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1980135, West Indies (error).
• Murex australiensis Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 69-74 [72].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1980130, Australia.
• Murex huttoniae Wright, B. 1878. Murex huttoniae, sp. nov. Annales de la Société Malacologique de Belgique 13: 85-86, pl. 9 [85] [pl. 9, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) New Caledonia.
• Murex oligacanthus Euthyme (Le Frère) 1889. Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de la fauna marine exotique. Bulletin de la Société Malacologique de France 6: 259-282 [269] [pl. 7, figs 2-3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New Caledonia.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus (Triplex) brunneus (Link, 1807). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [370, pl. 63, figs 1-17]
• Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 1a-b]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from eastern Africa to Fiji. There is an isolated record from Scott Reef, in the Timor Sea, and also a literature report that needs confirmation from off the Pilbara Region, WA

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, rocks, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 20 m

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. The Muricidae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. Subfamilies Muricinae and Tritonaliinae. Veliger 10(2): 111-132, pls 14,15 [117, pl. 41, fig. 6]

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [72, figs 31-33,102-104]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [370, pl. 63, figs 1-17]

Middelfart, P. 1992. Early life stages of the muricid gastropods Chicoreus ramosus, C. torrefactus, and C. brunneus from Phuket Island, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 10: 113-122 [figs 2A, 3-5C, 6B, 7A]

Middelfart, P. 1992. Morphology and anatomy of Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807): description of shell and soft part. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 11: 54-60

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [355-356, pl. 2, fig. 2]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 1a-b]

Common Name References

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 29] (as Murex adustus) (The Burnt Murex)

History of changes

• Murex cervicornis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [163].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, New Holland (=Australia).

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus (Triplex) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 4-8]
• Chicoreus cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 2, figs 1a-b]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea, Moluccas.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

General References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [26]

Eisenberg, J.M. 1981. A collector's guide to seashells of the world. New York : McGraw-Hill 239 pp. [88, pl. 70, fig. 17] (as Murex (Murex) cervicornis)

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [30, pl. 7, fig. 98] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cervicornis)

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [38, pl. 19, figs 11-13] (as Euphyllon cervicornis)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [89, figs 47, 361]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 4-8]

Shikama, T. 1963. Selected shells of the world illustrated in colour. Tokyo : Hokuryu-Kan Vol. 1 pp. 1-154. [70, pl. 53, fig. 2] (as Murex (Euphyllon) cervicornis)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, fig. 9]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [141] (Two-forked Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 66] (The Stag's Horn Murex)

History of changes

• Murex damicornis Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325–402, pls 36-37 [Date published 8 October 1903] [378, fig. 92].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.16416 dry, sand to mud, 2.5-3 mls offshore in Shoalhaven Bight, New South Wales, Australia [34°52'4.8'S, 151°48'10.8'E].
• Chicoreus falsinii Nicolay, K. 1976. Family Muricidae. La Conchiglia 8(93-94): 16-18 [18].

Generic Combinations

• Torvamurex damicornis (Hedley, 1903). —
  Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [168, fig. 200]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) damicornis (Hedley, 1903). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 1-3]
• Chicoreus damicornis (Hedley, 1903). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 2, figs 3a-b, 5]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 100 m

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Chicoreus damicornis (Hedley, 1903). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Muricinae/Pages/chicoreus_damicornis.htm (date accessed 18/10/11)

Eisenberg, J.M. 1981. A collector's guide to seashells of the world. New York : McGraw-Hill 239 pp. [89, pl. 71, figs 5, 8] (as Murex (Chicoreus) damicornis)

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [35, pl. 7, fig. 83] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) damicornis)

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [38, pl. 19, figs 14-15] (as Euphyllon damicornis)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [83, figs 41,381]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [168, fig. 200]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 1-3]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 2, figs 3a-b, 5]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, fig. 6]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [142] (Long-horned Murex)

History of changes

• Triplex denudata Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 7, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "Van Diemen's Land" (=Tasmania, Australia).
• Triplex frondosa Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 6, fig. 11].
• Murex palmiferus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1834. The Conchological illustrations, Murex. Pls 58-67; 1841: pls 187-199 and catalogue: 1-9. Sowerby, London. [pl. 195, fig. 104 (1841)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Red Sea (error).
• Murex australis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 2 pp. 321-686. [536].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Port Western, Australia.
• Torvamurex extraneus Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [324, pl. 4, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60673, Sydney Habour.
• Torvamurex denudatus immunitus Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [324, pl. 23, fig. 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60671, east of Sydney, 70 fathoms.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28] (see for complete synonymy)

Generic Combinations

• Torvamurex denudatus (Perry, 1811). —
  Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [167, fig. 199]
• Chicoreus denudatus (Perry, 1811). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 3, figs 8a-b]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) denudatus (Perry, 1811). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [376, pl. 66, figs 9-12]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Among rocks, continental shelf, marine, mud.

Extra Ecological Information

To 100 m

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Chicoreus denudatus (Perry, 1811). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Muricinae/Pages/chicoreus_denudatus.htm (date accessed 18/10/11)

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [36, pl. 7, fig. 88]

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [84, fig 42]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [167, fig. 199]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [376, pl. 66, figs 9-12]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 3, figs 8a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, figs 7-7a]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [142] (Denuded Murex)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [167] (Fronded Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 20] (as Murex palmiferus) (The Branch-Bearing Murex)

History of changes

• Murex longicornis Dunker, W. 1864. Fünf neue mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 99-102 [99] [pl. 22, figs 5-6].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Amboina Island, Indonesia.
• Murex recticornis Löbbecke, T. & Kobelt, W. 1880. Museum Loebbeckeanum. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 7: 81-82 [81] [pl. 3, fig. 3 (by von Martens)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype East Australia, 76 fathoms (139 m) [26°05'S].
• Poirieia kurranulla Garrard, T.A. 1961. Mollusca collected by M. V. "Challenger" off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 3–38 [27] [pl. 2, fig. 4 (better illustration of type see Houart, 1992 [fig. 392])].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F21118, off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 2, figs 2, 4]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) longicornis (Dunker, 1864). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 9-11]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

110 to 180 m

General References

Eisenberg, J.M. 1981. A collector's guide to seashells of the world. New York : McGraw-Hill 239 pp. [90, pl. 72, fig. 19] (as Murex (Murex) longicornis)

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [55, 55, pl. 6, fig. 78] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) longicornis)

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [38, pl. 19, figs 16-17] (as Euphyllon longicornis)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [91, fig 48]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 9-11]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 2, figs 2, 4]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [278, pl. 762] (Straight-spined Murex)

History of changes

• Murex microphyllus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [pl. 145, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Lectotype GMNH 1099/22.
• Murex poirieri Jousseaume, F. 1881. Diagnoses de mollusques nouveaux. Le Naturaliste 44: 349-350 [349].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, New Caledonia.
• Murex jousseaumei Poirier, J. 1883. Révision des Murex de Muséum. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 2 5: 13-128 [58, tab. 6, fig. 1a-1b].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Probably New Caledonia.
• Chicoreus akritos Radwin, G. & D'Atillio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world, an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford : Stanford University Press 1-284, 32 pls, 192 text figs. [228, pl. 4, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype SDNHM 53173, under dead coral at low tide, off Keppel Islands, Keppel Bay, Queensland, Australia.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus microphyllus (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. The Muricidae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. Subfamilies Muricinae and Tritonaliinae. Veliger 10(2): 111-132, pls 14,15 [120, pl. 14, fig. 10, text fig. 4]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [59, figs 13-19, 87-91, 133, 299-301, 309-323]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Madagascar to Fiji

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine, rocks, subtidal.

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. The Muricidae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. Subfamilies Muricinae and Tritonaliinae. Veliger 10(2): 111-132, pls 14,15 [120, pl. 14, fig. 10, text fig. 4]

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [58, pl. 7, fig. 87]

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [59, figs 13-19, 87-91, 133, 299-301, 309-323] (as Chicoreus (Triplex) microphyllus)

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [360, pl. 58, figs 1-9]

Smith, M. 1953. An illustrated catalog of the recent species of rock shells. Windermere : Tropical Laboratory pp. i-x, 1-34. [5, pl. 8, fig. 10] (as Murex (Chicoreus) microphyllus)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 3, fig. 11]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [147, pl. 445] (Confused Murex, Short-fronded Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 40] (The Small-Leaf Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 35-36 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 182] (as Murex affinis) (The Allied Murex)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [136, pl. 137] (Curly Murex)

History of changes

• Triplex foliatus Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. London : George Smeeton pl. I–XLVIII. [pl. 23] [suppressed in favour of Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822 (IZCN opinion 911) Houart1992A].
• Triplex rosaria Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 6, fig. 3] [secondary homonym of Purpura rosarium Röding, 1798 rejected before 1961 (ICZN, art. 59 b i) Houart1992A].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
• Murex palmarosae Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [161].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ?Indian Ocean.
• Murex argyna Mörch, O.A.L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit d. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, regis daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis caroli Tertii eques. Part 1. Cephalophora. Copenhagen : Hafinae Vol. 1 170 pp. [97].

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [53, figs 9, 293-294]
• Chicoreus palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 3, figs 3a-b]
• Chicoreus rosarius (Perry, 1811). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [65]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to New Caledonia

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 90 m

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [65]

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [65, pl. 8, fig. 104] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) palmarosae)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [53, figs 9, 293-294]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [354, pl. 55, figs 1-7]

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [357-358, pl. 2, fig. 6]

Smith, M. 1953. An illustrated catalog of the recent species of rock shells. Windermere : Tropical Laboratory pp. i-x, 1-34. [5, pl. 3, fig. 1] (as Murex (Chicoreus) palmarosae)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 3, figs 3a-b]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [148. pl. 449] (Rose-fronded Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 30] (as Murex palma-rose) (The Rose-Branch Murex)

History of changes

• Chicoreus (Triplex) ryosukei Shikama, T. 1978. Description of new and noteworthy Gastropoda from western Pacific Ocean (I). Science Reports of the Yokosuka City Museum 25: 35-42 [36] [pl. 7, figs 5-8 (not 3-4 as originally stated) Houart1992A].

  Type data:

   Holotype NSMT 60928, Arafura Sea.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus ryosukei Shikama, 1978. —
  Houart, R. 1984. New Muricidae named after 1971. La Conchiglia 15(178-179): 11-13 [12, text fig.]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In rock cave

General References

Houart, R. 1984. New Muricidae named after 1971. La Conchiglia 15(178-179): 11-13 [12, text fig.]

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [77]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [368, pl. 62, figs 14-17]

History of changes

• Murex strigatus Reeve, L.A. 1849. Conchologia Iconica, or illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Murex. London : Reeve, suppl. 1. [pl. 1, fig. 189].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1980132.
• Murex penchinati Crosse, H. 1861. Description de deux Murex nouveaux. Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 351-354 [351] [pl. 16, fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1896, 12.1.5, Liou-Tcheou (= Ryukyu Is).
• Murex multitrondosus Sowerby, G.B. 1879. Thesaurus Conchyliorum or Monographs of Genera of Shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4 1-55, pls 380-402. [16] [fig. 192].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus (Chicoreus) penchinati (Crosse, 1861). —
  Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [131]
• Chicoreus strigatus (Reeve, 1849). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [29, pl. 3, figs 9a-c]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) strigatus (Reeve, 1849). —
  Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [63, figs 20, 86, 167-170, 304-305, 324-325]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Japan to French Polynesia. Australian distribution not included in Merle et al. (2011)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

General References

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [79, fig. 61] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) strigatus)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [63, figs 20, 86, 167-170, 304-305, 324-325]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [362, pl. 59, figs 1-15]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [29, pl. 3, figs 9a-c]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [80] (Penchinatt's Murex)

History of changes

• Murex territus Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [pl. 33, fig. 167].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 198239.
• Murex nubilis Sowerby, G.B. 1860. Descriptions of new shells in the collection of H. Cuming (1859). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27: 428-429 [428] [pl. 49, fig. 4].

Generic Combinations

• Torvamurex territus (Reeve, 1845). —
  Murray, F.V. & Goldsmith, M.V. 1963. Some observations on the egg capsules and embryos of Torvamurex territus (Reeve, 1845). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 7: 21-25 [21, pls 2-4]
• Chicoreus territus (Reeve, 1845). —
  Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, fig. 11]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) territus (Reeve, 1845). —
  Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [86, figs 43, 382-383, 385-387]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Caledonia. Range in Western Australia is questionable (Merle et al, 2011). Specimens from off North West Cape, W.A. in AM reference collection have been positively identified

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud flats, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 80 m

General References

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [80, pl. 7, fig. 95] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) territus)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [86, figs 43, 382-383, 385-387]

Murray, F.V. & Goldsmith, M.V. 1963. Some observations on the egg capsules and embryos of Torvamurex territus (Reeve, 1845). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 7: 21-25 [21, plates 2,3,4]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [29, pl. 2, figs 19a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, fig. 11]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [214, pl. 598] (Territory Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 167] (as Murex territus) (The Terrified Murex)

History of changes

• Murex torrefactus Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1840. Descriptions of shells collected by H. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 87-169 [141].

  Type data:

   Neotype MNHP, Ticao, Philippines.
• Murex rubiginosus Reeve, L.A. 1845. Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of Molluscous animals. Vol. 3. Murex: 36 + 1 pls (1845-46, 1849). [sp. 8, pl. 8, fig. 32].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197475, Philippine Islands.
• Murex affinis Reeve, L.A. 1845. Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of Molluscous animals. Vol. 3. Murex: 36 + 1 pls (1845-46, 1849). [pl. 35, fig. 182] [not Murex affinis Gmelin, 1791].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 197499.
• Murex benedictinus Löbbecke, T. & Kobelt, W. 1879. Diagnoses neuer Murices. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 6: 78-79 [79].

  Type data:

   Holotype LM, ?Indian Ocean.
• Murex rochebruni Poirier, J. 1883. Révision des Murex de Muséum. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 2 5: 13-128 [57] [pl. 5, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Diego-Suarez.
• Chicoreus (Chicoreus) kilburni Houart, R. & Pain, T. 1982. On the designation of a neotype for Chicoreus (Chicoreus) torrefactus (Sowerby jr., 1841) and description of a new species: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) kilburni sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Muricida: Muricinae). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 10(1-4): 51-56 [51] [pl. 3, figs 1-4,].

  Type data:

   Holotype IRSNB 26429/385, Durban Bay, Natal, South Africa.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus rubiginosus (Reeve, 1845). —
  Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, figs 4-4b]
• Chicoreus (Chicoreus) rubiginosus (Reeve, 1845). —
  Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [134, no. 12]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [55, figs 12, 94-97, 132, 160-162, 282-285, 296-297, 306-308]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to Fiji

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock reef, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

General References

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [81, pl. 8, fig. 103] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) torrefactus)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [55, figs 12, 94-97, 132, 160-162, 282-285, 296-297, 306-308]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [358, pl. 57, figs 1-15]

Middelfart, P. 1992. Early life stages of the muricid gastropods Chicoreus ramosus, C. torrefactus, and C. brunneus from Phuket Island, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 10: 113-122 [113, figs 2, 3B-5B (not C), 6A, 7B]

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [356-357, pl. 2, figs 3-4]

Smith, M. 1953. An illustrated catalog of the recent species of rock shells. Windermere : Tropical Laboratory pp. i-x, 1-34. [6, pl. 6, fig. 17] (as Murex (Chicoreus) torrefactus)

Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. A Guide to Common Seashells of Singapore. Singapore : Singapore Science Centre 168 pp. [93]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, figs 3, 4-4b]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [81] (Ruby Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 8] (The Rusty Murex, The Scorched Murex)

History of changes

• Murex trivialis Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 69-74 [71].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1980136.

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus trivialis (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [26, fig. 12]
• Chicoreus (Triplex) trivialis (A. Adams, 1854). —
  Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [65, figs 22, 330-335]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rock reef, rubble, under stones.

General References

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [26, fig. 12]

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [65, figs 22, 330-335]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [364, pl. 60, figs 1-4]

Radwin, G. & D'Atillio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world, an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford : Stanford University Press 1-284, 32 pls, 192 text figs. [43, pl. 6, fig. 12]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [29, pl. 3, figs 6a-c]

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [136, pl. 137] (Trivial Murex)

History of changes