WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845)

AphiaID

406234 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406234)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880

Original name

Murex triformis Reeve, 1845

Synonymised names

Murex alatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)

invalid: junior homonym of Murex alatus Gmelin, 1791 and M. alatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807

Murex bipunctatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Murex triformis Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Pterynotus (Pterochelus) triformis (Reeve, 1845) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Murex triformis Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406234 on 2025-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-28 08:35:59Z

created

Houart, Roland

2024-09-07 03:45:00Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex alatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 65 fig. 51 [details]

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

original description (of Murex triformis Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus Murex. In: Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [details]

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): 139 [details]

Other

additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 83: 37-206.
page(s): 90 [details] Available for editors