WoRMS name details
Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758
403709 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403709)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Forma Murex erinaceus f. amirrus De Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. candida Dautzenberg, 1894 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. conspersa Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. depauperata Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. fasciata Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. major (Dautzenberg, 1920) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. melanostoma Jeffreys, 1869 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. mutica Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. sculpta Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. thersites (Coen, 1933) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. triquetra (Coen, 1933) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. venetiana (Coen, 1933) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Murex erinaceus var. viriditincta Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
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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Nomenclature ICZN opinion 886: specific name of type species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 886: specific name of type species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403709 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
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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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Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles.</em> 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
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Nomenclature ICZN opinion 886: specific name of type species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 [details]