Subgenus Chicoreus (Chicoreus) Montfort, 1810

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chicoreus Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp. [610] [placed on the Official List by Opinion 911, 1970, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 27(1): 20].

  Type species:

   Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Frondosaria Schlüter, F. 1838. Kurzgefasstes verzeichniss meiner conchyliensammlung nebst Andeutung aller von mir bis jetzt bei halle gefundenen Land und Flussconchylien. Halle Vol. VII pp. 1-40. [20].

  Type species:

   Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822 by subsequent designation (Vokes, 1964, Malacologia, 2(1): 7).
• Euphyllon Jousseaume, F. 1880. Division méthodique de la Famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste 42: 335-336 [335] [diagnosed by Jousseaume, 1880, Revue et Magazin de Zoologie, 1(2): 335].

  Type species:

   Murex monodon Sowerby, 1825 (= Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798 [HOUART1992a]) by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pantropical

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

General References

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. [91, pls 44-46]

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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	12-Oct-2011	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		06-Oct-2011	MODIFIED