AfReMaS name details
original description
(of Murex tripterus Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890 page(s): 291, pl. 10 figs 18-19 [details]
additional source
Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289. page(s): 102. [details]
new combination reference
Houart, R. (1995). <i>Pterymarchia</i> n. gen. and <i>Vaughtia</i> n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae). <em>Apex.</em> 10 (4): 127-136., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42257087 [details]
identification resource
Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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