# 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 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)