MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Murex laciniatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863
page(s): pl. 187 fig. 59 [details]
original description
(of Murex scabrosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863
page(s): pl. 189 fig. 73 [details]
original description
(of Chicoreus filialis Shikama, 1971) Shikama, T. (1971). On some noteworthy marine gastropoda from southwestern Japan (III). <em>Science Reports of the Yokohama National University, section 2 (Geol.).</em> 18:27-35, pl. 3., available online at https://ynu.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1604&item_no=1&attribute_id=20&file_no=1
page(s): 29, pl. 3 figs 3-4 [details]
basis of record
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 110 [details]
basis of record
Houart, R., Moe, C. & Chen C. (2021). Living species of the genera <i>Chicomurex</i> Arakawa, 1964 and <i>Naquetia</i> Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Novapex.</em> 22 (hors-série 14): 1-52.
page(s): 12, figs 2; 4E–F; 10A–N; 11A–D; 19; 29C–E [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Southern Africa, throughout the Indo-West Pacific, to the Fiji Islands. [details]
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