Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964

Bondarev, I. P., 2023, A new species of Chicomurex (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the Saya de Malha Bank, Western Indian Ocean, Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal 33 (3), pp. 121-127 : 123

Genus Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964

Type species Murex superbus Sowerby, 1889 , by original designation.

Description [from Houart et al., 2021]. Shell broadly ovate, medium or large sized, from 35 to 90 mm in length, spire high with 3 rounded varices on last whorl with short, usually webbed spines; protoconch rounded or conical, with 1.5–3.5 whorls; Spiral sculpture elaborate, consisting of primary and secondary squamous cords, and usually additional tertiary cords between P6 or s6 and ADP. Aperture broadly-ovate; columellar lip smooth or with weak folds with fairly strong, elongate parietal tooth at adapical extremity; outer lip denticulate, with elongate, narrow, split ID, D1–D6 denticles within. Siphonal canal medium sized or long with 2 or 3 short or moderately long, broadly open spines. Operculum ovate or broadly ovate with apical nucleus.