MolluscaBase taxon details
Monoplex heptagonus (Brocchi, 1814) †
1494318 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1494318)
accepted
Species
Murex (Muricidea) heptagonus (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex heptagonus Brocchi, 1814 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Triton (Gutturnium) heptagonum (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Triton (Gutturnium) heptagonum var. angulata (Sacco, 1890) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Triton (Simpulum) wimmeri R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1884 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum (Brocchi, 1814) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum var. angulata Sacco, 1890 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Murex heptagonus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 404, pl. 9, fig. 2a, b [details]
page(s): 404, pl. 9, fig. 2a, b [details]
Type locality contained in Italy
type locality contained in Italy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monoplex heptagonus (Brocchi, 1814) †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1494318 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Triton (Simpulum) wimmeri R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1884 †) Hoernes, R.; Auinger, M. (1879-1891). Die Gasteropoden der Meeres-Ablagerungen der ersten und zweiten miocänen Mediterran-Stufe in der Österreich-Ungarischenden Monarchie. <em>Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 12: 1-382, pls 1-50 [1-52, pls 1-6 (1879); 53-112, pls 7-12 (1880); 113-152, pls 13-16 (1882); 153-192, pls 17-22 (1884); 193-232, pls 23-28 (1885); 233-282, pls 29-36 (1890); 283-332, pls 37-50 (1891)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/151405
page(s): 177-178, pl. 21, figs 17, 18 [details]
original description (of Murex heptagonus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 404, pl. 9, fig. 2a, b [details]
original description (of Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum var. angulata Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 205; note: based on variety A of Bellardi, 1873: 225 [details]
original description (of Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum var. angulata Sacco, 1890 †) Bellardi, L. (1873). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte I. Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda. Gasteropoda (Muricidae et Tritonidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 264 pp., 15 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45374
page(s): 225 [details]
basis of record Landau B., Beu A. & Marquet R. (2004). The early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 5: Tonnoidea, Ficoidea. <em>Palaeontos.</em> 5: 35-102. [details]
additional source Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M.; Beu, A. G. (2009). A Revision of the Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Paratethys and their Palaeobiogeographic Implications. <em>Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt.</em> 149(1): 61-109., available online at http://opac.geologie.ac.at/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=images&value=JB1491_061_A.pdf [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 177-178, pl. 21, figs 17, 18 [details]
original description (of Murex heptagonus Brocchi, 1814 †) Brocchi, G. B. (1814). Conchiologia fossile subapennina con osservazioni geologiche sugli apennini e sul suolo adiacente. Tomo Secondo. pp. 241-712, pls 1-16. Stamperia Reale, Milano., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12009101
page(s): 404, pl. 9, fig. 2a, b [details]
original description (of Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum var. angulata Sacco, 1890 †) Sacco, F. (1890). Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte. <em>Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana.</em> 8(3): 281-356; 9(2): 185-340., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883
page(s): 205; note: based on variety A of Bellardi, 1873: 225 [details]
original description (of Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum var. angulata Sacco, 1890 †) Bellardi, L. (1873). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte I. Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda. Gasteropoda (Muricidae et Tritonidae). Stamperia Reale, Torino, 264 pp., 15 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45374
page(s): 225 [details]
basis of record Landau B., Beu A. & Marquet R. (2004). The early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 5: Tonnoidea, Ficoidea. <em>Palaeontos.</em> 5: 35-102. [details]
additional source Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M.; Beu, A. G. (2009). A Revision of the Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Paratethys and their Palaeobiogeographic Implications. <em>Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt.</em> 149(1): 61-109., available online at http://opac.geologie.ac.at/wwwopacx/wwwopac.ashx?command=getcontent&server=images&value=JB1491_061_A.pdf [details] Available for editors
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