Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Belongs to Murex (Chicoreus) according to P. N. Mukerjee 1939

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore