WoRMS name details
Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816
404493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404493)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of M. hexagonus Gmelin, 1791; Murexsul pacaudi is a replacement name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Nomenclature Garrigues & Merle (2014: 857-858), citing ICZN Art. 23.9.5, claimed that Murex hexagonus Gmelin, 1791, and Murex hexagonus...
Nomenclature Garrigues & Merle (2014: 857-858), citing ICZN Art. 23.9.5, claimed that Murex hexagonus Gmelin, 1791, and Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, were currently not applied to taxa considered congeneric after 1899, and "restored" Lamarck's name as valid. However, Art. 23.9.5 is about maintaining "prevailing usage" while the case is refered to the Commission. Prevailing usage has treated Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, as a primary junior homonym, and a synonym of Murex haxagonus var. oxytatus M. Smith, 1938. The latter name is in prevailing usage as Murexsul oxytatus. Garrigues & Merle were thus unfounded to restore the name Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816. However, they showed that the names Murexsul hexagonus and M. oxytatus refered to two different taxonomic species. Van Hyfte & Danvin (2018) established Murexsul pacaudi as a replacement name for Murex hexagonis Lamarck, 1816, non Gmelin, 1791. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404493 on 2025-05-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Other
additional source
Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): pl. 42 figs 1a-b, 2a-b; note: syntypes illustrated [details]
subsequent type designation Garrigues B. & Merle D. (2014). Nine new species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the French Antilles. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 36(4): 841-864., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2014n4a7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): pl. 42 figs 1a-b, 2a-b; note: syntypes illustrated [details]
subsequent type designation Garrigues B. & Merle D. (2014). Nine new species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the French Antilles. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 36(4): 841-864., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2014n4a7 [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature Garrigues & Merle (2014: 857-858), citing ICZN Art. 23.9.5, claimed that Murex hexagonus Gmelin, 1791, and Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, were currently not applied to taxa considered congeneric after 1899, and "restored" Lamarck's name as valid. However, Art. 23.9.5 is about maintaining "prevailing usage" while the case is refered to the Commission. Prevailing usage has treated Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, as a primary junior homonym, and a synonym of Murex haxagonus var. oxytatus M. Smith, 1938. The latter name is in prevailing usage as Murexsul oxytatus. Garrigues & Merle were thus unfounded to restore the name Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816. However, they showed that the names Murexsul hexagonus and M. oxytatus refered to two different taxonomic species. Van Hyfte & Danvin (2018) established Murexsul pacaudi as a replacement name for Murex hexagonis Lamarck, 1816, non Gmelin, 1791. [details]
