WoRMS name details
Murex sowerbianus Poirier, 1883
404827 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404827)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Poirier, J. (1883). Révision des <i>Murex</i> du Muséum. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> (2) 5: 13-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36886592
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Murex sowerbianus Poirier, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404827 on 2026-06-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Poirier, J. (1883). Révision des <i>Murex</i> du Muséum. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris].</em> (2) 5: 13-128., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36886592
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
Other
additional source
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1879). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (33-34): 1-55, pls 380-403. London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15937022
page(s): fig. 185; note: as Murex turbinatus [details]
additional source Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364
page(s): pl. 3 species no. 15; note: as Murex turbinatus [details]
page(s): fig. 185; note: as Murex turbinatus [details]
additional source Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364
page(s): pl. 3 species no. 15; note: as Murex turbinatus [details]
Unreviewed
Remark for turbinatus Reeve, non Lamarck [details]
