WoRMS name details
Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758
215643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215643)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex tritonis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215643 on 2025-04-16
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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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 754 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Beu, A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers. comm. [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1912). Note on the genus <i>Septa</i> Perry (<i>Triton</i> auct.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 26(5): 59-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738263
page(s): 59 [details]
additional source Iredale, T. (1913). The generic name to be used for <i>Murex tritonis</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(4): 55-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752572 [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1912). Note on the genus <i>Septa</i> Perry (<i>Triton</i> auct.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 26(5): 59-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1738263
page(s): 59 [details]
additional source Iredale, T. (1913). The generic name to be used for <i>Murex tritonis</i> Linne. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 27(4): 55-56., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1752572 [details]
Unreviewed
synonymy Original combination for Eutritonium tritonis [details]
