Species Murex calcar Kiener, 1842(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex calcar J. de C. Sowerby, 1823, and M. calcar Scacchi, 1835; M. tenuivaricosus and Chicoreus carioca are replacement names)
Species Murex crispus Broderip, 1833(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex crispus Lamarck, 1803; M. tortuus and M. multicrispatus are replacement names)
Species Murex dubius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex dubius Dillwyn, 1817; Muricopsis zeteki is a replacement name)
Species Murex elegans G. B. Sowerby II, 1841(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex elegans Donovan, 1804; Chicoreus perelegans is a replacement name)
Species Murex fasciatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex fasciatus Gmelin, 1791; Tritonalia inermicosta is a replacement name)
Species Murex gravidus Hinds, 1844(unaccepted, invalid: junior primary homonym of Murex gravidus Dujardin, 1837; Favartia emersoni is a replacement name)
Species Murex hippocastanum Linnaeus, 1758(unaccepted, invalid: placed on the Official Index (suppressed for the Principle of Priority) by ICZN Opinion 911)
Species Murex imbricatus H. H. Higgins & Marrat, 1877(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Murex imbricatus Brocchi, 1814; Murex (Chicoreus) argo is a replacement name)
Species Murex imbricatus Nardo, 1847(unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid: junior homonym by Murex imbricatus Brocchi, 1814, and M. imbricatus Risso, 1826)
Species Murex imperialis Swainson, 1831(unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Murex imperialis Fischer, 1807; Murex margaritensis is a replacement name)
Species Murex inermis G. B. Sowerby II, 1841(unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Murex inermis Philippi, 1836; Dermomurex infrons is a replacement name)
Species Murex intermedius C. B. Adams, 1850(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex intermedius Brocchi, 1814; Aspella elegans is a replacement name)
Species Murex labiosus Nardo, 1847(unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid: junior homonym of Murex labiosus W. Wood 1828, and M. labiosus J. E. Gray, 1828)
Species Murex mitriformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1841(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex mitriformis Wood, 1828; Pteropurpura incurvispina Kilburn, 1970, is a replacement name)
Species Murex monoceros A. d'Orbigny, 1841(unaccepted, treated by Tryon (1880) as a junior homonym of Murex monoceros G.B. Sowerby II, 1841; M. fontainei is a replacement name)
Species Murex octogonus G. B. Sowerby II, 1860(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833; M. sowerbyi Kobelt, 1877 is a replacement name)
Species Murex pliciferus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex pliciferus Bivona-Bernardi, 1832; Chicoreus pliciferoides is a replacement name)
Species Murex pumilus Küster, 1869(unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid: junior homonym of Murex pumilus Broderip, 1833 and M. pumilus A. Adams, 1854)
Species Murex rhyssus Dall, 1919(unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: under Art. 58.7 junior homonym of Murex rhysus Tate, 1888; Pteropurpura vokesae is a replacement name)
Species Murex trilineatus Reeve, 1845(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Murex trilineatus J. Sowerby, 1813; Chicoreus reevei is a replacement name)
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 athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors [request]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Murex Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138196 on 2024-09-27
original descriptionLinnaeus, 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 athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofAranea Perry, 1810)Perry, G. (1810). Arcana, or the Museum of Natural History, containing the most recent discussed objects embellished with coloured plates and corresponding descriptions; with extracts related to animals and remarks of celebrated travellers combining a general survey of nature. George Smeeton, London. 7-100, plates 1-15.[details]
taxonomy sourceHouart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]
additional sourceMerle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 56 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality