WoRMS taxon details
Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988
564253 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564253)
accepted
Species
Murex (Murex) africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988 · alternative representation
Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Murex africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564253 on 2024-11-07
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original description
(of Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum africanus Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988) Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of <i>Murex</i> s.s. and <i>Haustellum</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8: 1-160., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/ponder-and-vokes-1988-rec-aust-mus-suppl-8-1160/
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 96. [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]
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 96. [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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