WoRMS taxon details
Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846)
558821 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558821)
accepted
Species
Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846) · alternative representation
Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex argo Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex imbricatus Brocchi, 1814; Murex (Chicoreus) argo is a replacement name
Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine
(of Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364
page(s): pl. 36, species no. 187 [details]
page(s): pl. 36, species no. 187 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558821 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex (Chicoreus) argo Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) Clench, W. J. & Pérez Farfante, I. (1945). The genus <i>Murex</i> in the Western Atlantic. <em>Johnsonia.</em> 1(17): 1-58, pls 1-29., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41114099
page(s): 31, pl. 17 [details]
original description (of Murex imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877) Higgins, H. H. (1877). Mollusca collected during a voyage to the West Indies in the Royal Mersey Steam Yacht "Argo". <em>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool.</em> 31: 409-423, pl. 1., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=xaRbxwEACAAJ&pg=PA410-IA2&hl=fr&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 413, pl. 1 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364
page(s): pl. 36, species no. 187 [details]
basis of record Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres <i>Dermomurex</i>, <i>Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis</i> et <i>Pygmaepterys</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 23: 22-59.
page(s): 24, pl. 1 fig. 11 [details]
page(s): 31, pl. 17 [details]
original description (of Murex imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877) Higgins, H. H. (1877). Mollusca collected during a voyage to the West Indies in the Royal Mersey Steam Yacht "Argo". <em>Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool.</em> 31: 409-423, pl. 1., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=xaRbxwEACAAJ&pg=PA410-IA2&hl=fr&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
page(s): 413, pl. 1 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364
page(s): pl. 36, species no. 187 [details]
basis of record Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres <i>Dermomurex</i>, <i>Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis</i> et <i>Pygmaepterys</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 23: 22-59.
page(s): 24, pl. 1 fig. 11 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications) (from synonym Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846)
To Conchology (Chicoreus spectrum BROWN)
To Conchology (Chicoreus spectrum ORANGE)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chicoreus spectrum)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex (Chicoreus) imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; "not registered, collected 1876 [92]") (from synonym Murex imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846)
To Malacopics (Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846) Brazil, Espirito Santo, Guarapari, ex coll. A. van...
To Malacopics (Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846) Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, in traps, by f...
To NHMUK collection (Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2438418) (from synonym Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (85 publications) (from synonym Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846)
To Conchology (Chicoreus spectrum BROWN)
To Conchology (Chicoreus spectrum ORANGE)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chicoreus spectrum)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex (Chicoreus) imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; "not registered, collected 1876 [92]") (from synonym Murex imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846)
To Malacopics (Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846) Brazil, Espirito Santo, Guarapari, ex coll. A. van...
To Malacopics (Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846) Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, in traps, by f...
To NHMUK collection (Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2438418) (from synonym Murex spectrum Reeve, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
![To GB Mollusca Types (Murex (Chicoreus) imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; "not registered, collected 1876 [92]")](https://gbmolluscatypes.ac.uk/biosyb_images/images/0022000_0023999/web/thumbnails/0022142.jpg "To GB Mollusca Types (Murex (Chicoreus) imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877; Lectotype; \"not registered, collected 1876 [92]\")")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Chicoreus spectrum (Reeve, 1846) Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, in traps, by f...")
