Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Full reference: E. H. Vokes. 1965. Cenozoic Muricidae of the western Atlantic region: Part II - Chicoreus sensu stricto and Chicoreus (Siratus). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 3(4):181-204

Belongs to Chicoreus (Chicoreus) according to E. H. Vokes 1965

Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) aquitanicus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) brevifrons, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) bullisi, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) clausii, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) corrigendum, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cosmani, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) dilectus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) dujardinoides, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) elusivus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) enigmaticus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) folidodes, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) lepidotus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) mergus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) prolixus, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum, Chicoreus (Chicoreus) xestos

Type specimen: USNM 644823, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 73.0 x 38.0