MolluscaBase - Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

WoRMS taxon details

Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

To Conchology (Chicoreus ramosus BROWN)

AphiaID

558787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558787)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chicoreus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation

Murex fortispinna François, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)

Murex frondosus Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)

Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior homonym of Murex inflatus...)

Junior homonym of Murex inflatus Brocchi, 1814

Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synoym)

Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 747 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558787 on 2025-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-01-09 18:51:18Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-02-16 10:18:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-02-18 10:33:31Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-29 07:29:20Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-02 01:35:29Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 747 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 160. [details]

original description (of Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Murex fortispinna François, 1891) François, P. (1891). Moeurs d'un Murex. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale. 9: 240-242. [details]

original description (of Murex frondosus Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 81 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 90. [details]

additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	ram's murexramose murexgiant murexbranched murex	[details]
German	RiesenstachelschneckeRiesen-Murex	[details]
Japanese	テングガイ	[details]