WoRMS name details
Murex ficus Gmelin, 1791
567481 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:567481)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3545 [details]
page(s): 3545 [details]
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Murex ficus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567481 on 2026-06-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3545 [details]
page(s): 3545 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Additional information Gmelin (1791 Syst. Nat., ed. 13, p. 3545, nr. 66) also lists two varieties (bèta and gamma) of Murex ficus Gmelin, 1791 (not Murex ficus Linnaeus, 1758)) which also appear to belong within Volema by references to images in Gualtieri and Chemnitz. [details]
