WoRMS name details

Murex obtusus G. B. Sowerby II, 1879

1597856  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1597856)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Muricinae (Subfamily)
  10. Murex (Genus)
  11. Murex obtusus (Species)
 unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex obtusus Bellardi, 1872)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1879). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (33-34): 1-55, pls 380-403. London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15937022
page(s): 30, pl. 391 fig. 113 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex obtusus G. B. Sowerby II, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1597856 on 2025-04-17
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Sowerby, G. B. II. (1879). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (33-34): 1-55, pls 380-403. London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15937022
page(s): 30, pl. 391 fig. 113 [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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): 112 [details] 


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