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Two new species of the genus Chicoreus (Siratus) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the western Atlantic
Houart, R. (1999). Two new species of the genus Chicoreus (Siratus) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from the western Atlantic. The Nautilus 113(4): 121-126
In: The Nautilus. Bailey Matthews Shell Museum: Silver Spring. ISSN 0028-1344, more
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Keywords
    Chicoreus Montfort, 1810 [WoRMS]; Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Gastropoda; Muricidae; Chicoreus (Siratus); western Atlantic; Mexico;Puerto Rico; new species
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Abstract
    Two new species of the family Muricidae are described. Chicoreus (Siratus) colellai, from off Veracruz, eastern Mexico, is compared with C. (S.) articulates (Reeve, 1845), and differs from this latter species in many aspects. C. (S.) caudacurta, from off Puerto Rico, is somewhat similar to C. (S.) beauii (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857), but differs in having a broad, paucispiral protoconch, a higher spire, and a shorter siphonal canal.
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