African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758

AfReMaS name details

Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

395169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395169)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted Name

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Orig. name

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (7)

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Species Murex (Murex) aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 represented as Murex aduncospinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
Species Murex (Murex) brevispina Lamarck, 1822 represented as Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Species Murex (Murex) pecten [Lightfoot], 1786 represented as Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786
Species Murex (Murex) scolopax Dillwyn, 1817 represented as Murex scolopax Dillwyn, 1817
Species Murex (Murex) ternispina Lamarck, 1822 represented as Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822
Species Murex (Murex) trapa Röding, 1798 represented as Murex trapa Röding, 1798
Species Murex (Murex) tribulus Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Murex tribulus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395169 on 2024-04-18

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395169 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-05-21 14:45:59Z

created

Houart, Roland

2010-09-27 18:17:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-03-03 07:25:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-07-04 19:36:30Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)

original description (of Murex Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors

additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors