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 (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 woelflingi T. Cossignani, 2024 †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, 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 (Swainson, 1831) Chicoreus regius (Swainson, 1821): synLamarckonym of Hexaplex regius (Swainson, 1821)