MolluscaBase taxon details
Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846)
558810 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558810)
accepted
Species
Chicoreus (Triplex) emilyae Petuch, 1987 · unaccepted
Chicoreus (Triplex) florifer (Reeve, 1846) · alternative representation
Chicoreus dilectus (A. Adams, 1855) · unaccepted
Chicoreus emilyae Petuch, 1987 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chicoreus florifer dilectus (A. Adams, 1855) · unaccepted
Murex arenarius Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex dilectus A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex florifer Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex florifer dilectus A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted
Murex rufus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex rufus Montagu, 1803
Murex salleanus A. Adams, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Chicoreus florifer dilectus (A. Adams, 1855) accepted as Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846)
marine
(of Murex florifer 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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558810 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Murex rufus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 162 [details]
original description (of Murex salleanus A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 69-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747198
page(s): 70-71. [details]
original description (of Murex dilectus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1855) 23: 119-124., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748012
page(s): 120. [details]
original description (of Murex florifer 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 [details]
original description (of Chicoreus emilyae Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Murex florifer arenarius 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 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 162 [details]
original description (of Murex salleanus A. Adams, 1854) Adams, A. (1854). Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 69-74., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747198
page(s): 70-71. [details]
original description (of Murex dilectus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1855) 23: 119-124., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748012
page(s): 120. [details]
original description (of Murex florifer 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 [details]
original description (of Chicoreus emilyae Petuch, 1987) Petuch, E. J. (1987). <i>New Caribbean molluscan faunas</i>. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Murex florifer arenarius 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 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846) Honduras, Rosalind Bank, among seagrass on sandy bottom, by lobster trap, at 18-35 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846) United States, Florida, Collier Co., Naples, by dredging, at 40-60 m depth, collected May 1953, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846) United States, Florida, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846))
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846))
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846) United States, Florida, Collier Co., Naples, by dredging, at 40-60 m depth, collected May 1953, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846) United States, Florida, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846))
To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
 emilyae.jpg "To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846) Honduras, Rosalind Bank, among seagrass on sandy bottom, by lobster trap, at 18-35 m depth, ex coll. J. Trausel .)")
Hosted externally
 dilectus.jpg "To Malacopics (Chicoreus florifer (Reeve, 1846) United States, Florida, Collier Co., Naples, by dredging, at 40-60 m depth, collected May 1953, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)")
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
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