WoRMS taxon details
Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
407875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:407875)
accepted
Species
Murex (Murexsul) ednae M. Smith, 1940 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex ednae M. Smith, 1940 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Murex peruvianus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex peruvianus Lamarck, 1816
Murexsul cuvierensis H. J. Finlay, 1927 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Muricopsis (Murexsul) octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(1): 531 [details]
page(s): 2(1): 531 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=407875 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex peruvianus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 195, fig. 103 [details]
original description (of Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(1): 531 [details]
original description (of Murexsul cuvierensis H. J. Finlay, 1927) Finlay, H.J. (1927). Additions to the recent molluscan fauna of New Zealand. No. 2. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 485-487.
page(s): 487 [details]
original description (of Murex (Murexsul) ednae M. Smith, 1940) Smith, M. (1940). Two new marine molluscs from Japan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(2): 43, pl. 2, figs. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519190
page(s): 43, pl. 2, fig. 10 [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): 222, pl. 27 fig. 9; 224, pl. 28 figs 1-12 [details]
page(s): 195, fig. 103 [details]
original description (of Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 2(1): 531 [details]
original description (of Murexsul cuvierensis H. J. Finlay, 1927) Finlay, H.J. (1927). Additions to the recent molluscan fauna of New Zealand. No. 2. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 485-487.
page(s): 487 [details]
original description (of Murex (Murexsul) ednae M. Smith, 1940) Smith, M. (1940). Two new marine molluscs from Japan. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(2): 43, pl. 2, figs. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519190
page(s): 43, pl. 2, fig. 10 [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): 222, pl. 27 fig. 9; 224, pl. 28 figs 1-12 [details]
Other
additional source
Ponder, W. F. 1968. Nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand rachiglossan gastropods with descriptions of five new species. Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(4):29-47.
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Marshall, B. A.; Burch, K. W. (2000). The New Zealand Recent species of <i>Muricopsis</i> Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 114(1): 18-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271672
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
page(s): 31 [details]
additional source Marshall, B. A.; Burch, K. W. (2000). The New Zealand Recent species of <i>Muricopsis</i> Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882 (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 114(1): 18-29., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271672
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Muricopsis octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Murexsul octogonus)
To Malacopics (Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) New Zealand, Auckland, Rodney Co., Cape Ro...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Murexsul octogonus (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1833); Figuré; F.R63521)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-154) (from synonym Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murexsul cuvierensis H. J. Finlay, 1927)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Conchology (Murexsul octogonus)
To Malacopics (Murexsul octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) New Zealand, Auckland, Rodney Co., Cape Ro...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Murexsul octogonus (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1833); Figuré; F.R63521)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-154) (from synonym Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murexsul cuvierensis H. J. Finlay, 1927)
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