Chinese Register of Marine Species - Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758

Chinese
Register of
Marine Species
(ChaRMS)

ChaRMS name details

Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

395169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395169)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (4)

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Species Murex (Murex) coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884 represented as Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884
Species Murex (Murex) ternispina Lamarck, 1822 represented as Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822
Species Murex (Murex) trapa Röding, 1798 represented as Murex trapa Röding, 1798
Species Murex (Murex) tribulus Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Murex tribulus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395169 on 2026-07-01

Regional species database citation

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395169 on 2026-07-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-05-21 14:45:59Z

created

Houart, Roland

2010-09-27 18:17:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-03-03 07:25:30Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-07-04 19:36:30Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (3)

original description (of Murex Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 56 [details]

additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors