Murex floriferReeve, 1846b, pl. 36, fig. 188 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Honduras Range: 30.02°N to 9.4°N; 92.27°W to 70.7°W Depth: 1 to 196 m Maximum Reported Size: 84 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Gulf of Campeche, Quintana Roo; Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas: Bimini, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Long Island; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Santiago de Cuba; Dominican Republic References: Springer & Bullis (1956) DNW; Radwin (1969) S; E. H. Vokes (1990b) d; Sunderland & Sunderland (1995a); Fernández Milera (1998) Comments: E. H. Vokes (1990b) restricted the distribution to 'Bahamas to Panama', with C. dilectus being restricted to the Gulf of Mexico, but did not give the status of East Florida records, which are neither Gulf nor Caribbean. Also, Vokes synonymized C. rachelcarsonae Petuch, 1987 with C. dilectus whereas Houart (1994) synonymized it with C. florifer, which makes more sense given the single intervarical node and strong shoulder spine well separated from the suture. If this synonymy is correct then C. florifer does occur in the Gulf of Mexico.
Chicoreus emilyaePetuch, 1987, p. 65-66, pl. 13, figs. 1-2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Punta Patuca, Honduras, 20 m [in error, Bocas del Toro, Panama (Petuch 1990: 59)] Range: 15°N to 9.4°N; 83°W to 82.3°W Depth: 37 to 61 m Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm Distribution: Honduras, Panama References: Petuch (1987) M; Petuch (1990) SE; E. H. Vokes (1990b) s; Sunderland & Sunderland (1995a) DdNW; Houart (1994)
Chicoreus rachelcarsonaePetuch, 1987, p. 13-14, pl. 1, figs. 9-10 [Synonym] Type Locality: 50 km south of Apalachicola, Florida Range: 29°N to 25°N; 88°W to 82°W Depth: 70 to 150 m Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Alabama References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s (of C. dilectus); Houart (1994) s; Sunderland & Sunderland (1995a) W
Murex rufusLamarck, 1822b, p. 162 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 27.4°N ; 82.7°W Depth: 9 to 55 m Maximum Reported Size: 74 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Post (1899) N Comments: Non Montagu, 1803.
Partial List of References
Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.] Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas [v] + 154 + A1-A4, 29 pls. Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. [True date: 08 Jul 1987.] Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Murex Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 35-36