WoRMS name details
Murex anus Linnaeus, 1758
476753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:476753)
unaccepted > superseded combination
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marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Murex anus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476753 on 2026-07-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 750 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 750 [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation
Beu, A. G. (1998). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM: 19. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa. <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 178: 1-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58988686
page(s): 183; note: superfluous lectotype designation [details]
subsequent type designation Kronenberg, G. C. (1994). A review of the Personidae Gray, 1854, with the description of <i>Distorsio ventricosa</i> spec. nov. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 42 (3): 57-103., available online at http://www.strandvondsten.nl/bibliotheek/vita_marina_magazine/Vita_Marina_41-47/vita_marina_42-03.pdf
page(s): 63.; note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 183; note: superfluous lectotype designation [details]
subsequent type designation Kronenberg, G. C. (1994). A review of the Personidae Gray, 1854, with the description of <i>Distorsio ventricosa</i> spec. nov. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 42 (3): 57-103., available online at http://www.strandvondsten.nl/bibliotheek/vita_marina_magazine/Vita_Marina_41-47/vita_marina_42-03.pdf
page(s): 63.; note: lectotype designation [details] Available for editors
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