Murex spectrumReeve, 1846b, pl. 36, fig. 187 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 18°N to 15°S; 69°W to 34.9°W Depth: 2 to 55 m (live 9 to 31 m) Maximum Reported Size: 120 mm Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba, Bonaire; Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Puerto Rico, Brazil: Maranhao, Piaui, Ceara, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Bahia References: Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Jong & Coomans (1988) lW; E. H. Vokes (1990b) M; Macsotay & Campos (2001) L Comments: See also spectrum auct. = cosmani.
Murex (Chicoreus) argoClench & Pérez Farfante, 1945, p. 31-32, pl. 17 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: The Carinage, Grenada Range: 15.5°N to 12°N; 61.7°W to 61.4°W Depth: 55 to 137 m Maximum Reported Size: 95 mm Distribution: Dominica; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada References: A. H. Verrill (1949a) dNSEWM; A. H. Verrill (1950) D Comments: Replacement name for Murex imbricatus Higgins & Marrat, 1877 non Brocchi, 1814.
Murex (Chicoreus) imbricatusHiggins & Marrat, 1877, p. 9-10, pl. 1, fig. 2 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: The Carinage, Grenada Range: 12°N ; 61.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm Distribution: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) NSEWM Comments: Non Brocchi, 1814.
Partial List of References
Clench, W. J. and I. Pérez Farfante. 1945. The genus Murex in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(17) 1-58. [Stated date: 29 May 1945.] Higgins, H. H. and F. P. Marrat. 1877. Mollusca of the Argo Expedition to the West Indies, 1876 Museum Report of the Free Public Library, Museum and Gallery of Art of the Borough of Liverpool 1 19 pp., 1 pl. Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Murex Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 35-36
