WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Peristernia corallina Melvill & Standen, 1903) Melvill, J. C. & Standen, R. (1903). Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (7) 12: 289-324, pls 20-23., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993047 page(s): 308, pl. 22, fig. 11. [details]
original description
(of Muricopsis hubrechti Bozzetti, 2018) Bozzetti L. (2018). <i>Muricopsis hubrechti</i> (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricopsinae). A new species from south-eastern Madagascar. <em>Malacologia Mostra Mondiale.</em> 100: 4-6. [details]
basis of record
Houart, R. (2020). The <i>Orania fischeriana</i> complex in the Indo-West Pacific and description of a new <i>Cytharomorula</i> species (Gastropoda, Muricidae, Ergalataxinae) from Hawaii. <em>Novapex.</em> 21 (4): 97-106. page(s): 100, figs 2, 3C, I–J, 4K–V [details]
identification resource
Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution North Zululand, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, The Seychelles, Tanzania to the Persian Gulf, probably throughout the Indian Ocean. In the Pacific in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines; also Malaysia and Indonesia, living usually at depths less than 100 m. [details]
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