original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3530 [details]
From editor or global species database
Homonymy Gmelin established the name Murex versicolor twice: (1) page 3530, based on a figure by Knorr (5, pl. 4 fig 1) representing Chicereus brunneus; (2) page 3556, based on figures by Knorr (3, pl. 14 fig. 1) and Chemnitz (4: pl. 146 fig. 1348). Acting as First Reviser, Vokes (1971) gave preseance to the latter over the former. [details]