Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Parent taxon: Chicoreus according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Vokes 1989
Sister taxa: Chicoreus (Chicoreus) florifer, Chicoreus (Naquetia), Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex), Chicoreus (Siratus), Chicoreus (Triplex), Chicoreus asanoi, 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 (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) floridanus Chicoreus (Chicoreus) folidodes Chicoreus (Chicoreus) lepidotus Chicoreus (Chicoreus) mergus Chicoreus (Chicoreus) prolixus Chicoreus (Chicoreus) spectrum Chicoreus (Chicoreus) xestos
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (22: Florida, South Carolina collections), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (1), Jamaica (2), Mexico (2), Panama (1), United States (9: Florida), Venezuela (6)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (4), the Dominican Republic (4), Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Panama (9), Romania (1), United States (23: Florida), Venezuela (1)
Total: 96 collections including 103 occurrences