Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Alternative spelling: Triplex

Synonym: Torvamurex Iredale 1936 [invalid subgroup]

Parent taxon: Chicoreus according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Chicoreus), Chicoreus (Chicoreus) florifer, Chicoreus (Naquetia), Chicoreus (Siratus), Chicoreus brunneus, Chicoreus jungi, Chicoreus ramosus, Chicoreus venezuelanus, Murex (Chicoreus) adelaidensis, Murex (Chicoreus) arrakanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) basicinctus, Murex (Chicoreus) capucinus, Murex (Chicoreus) longanensis, Murex (Chicoreus) lophoessus, Murex (Chicoreus) tenuicornis

Subtaxa: Chicoreus (Triplex) cornurectus, Chicoreus (Triplex) foliosus, Chicoreus (Triplex) rosaria, Torvamurex lophaessus

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Type: Murex rosaria

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore