WoRMS name details
Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
404623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404623)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Murex messorius var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 accepted as Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
- Variety Murex messorius var. rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 accepted as Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Murex</i>, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 137-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571576
page(s): 137 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404623 on 2025-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Murex</i>, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 137-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571576
page(s): 137 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Other
additional source
Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 157 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Baker, F. C. (1903). Note on <i>Murex marcoensis</i> Sowerby. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 17(8): 88-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726511
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 157 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Baker, F. C. (1903). Note on <i>Murex marcoensis</i> Sowerby. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 17(8): 88-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726511
page(s): 89 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
