WoRMS taxon details

Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)

217159  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217159)

accepted
Species
Hexaplex fusca Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 747 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217159 on 2024-03-29
Date
action
by
1997-11-17 12:31:05Z
created
1998-05-21 06:33:08Z
changed
2009-06-27 21:37:03Z
changed

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original description  (of Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 747 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Hexaplex fusca Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 8 fig. 3 [details]   

original description  (of Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 8 fig. 1 [details]   

basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 420, pl. 126 figs 1-17 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English scorpion murex  [details]
German Skorpion-StachelschneckeSkorpionschnecke  [details]
Japanese トゲナガイチョウ  [details]