MolluscaBase taxon details
Phyllonotus regius (Swainson, 1821)
1514879 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1514879)
accepted
Species
Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) regius (Swainson, 1821) · unaccepted
Chicoreus regius (Swainson, 1821) · unaccepted
Hexaplex (Muricanthus) regius (Swainson, 1821) · unaccepted
Hexaplex regius (Swainson, 1821) · unaccepted
Murex regius Swainson, 1821 · unaccepted (original combination)
Murex tricolor Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex regius Swainson, 1821) Swainson, W. (1821). <i>Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells</i>. London: W. Wood, J. & A. Arch. 39 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27547788
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Phyllonotus regius (Swainson, 1821). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1514879 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Murex regius Swainson, 1821) Swainson, W. (1821). <i>Exotic conchology; or figures and descriptions of rare, beautiful, or undescribed shells</i>. London: W. Wood, J. & A. Arch. 39 pp., 48 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27547788
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Murex tricolor Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. <em>In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803.</em> Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57. Paris, J. Smith, and Gide., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021592 [details]
new combination reference Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of <i>Muricanthus</i> Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to <i>Hexaplex</i> s.s. Perry, 1810, <i>Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)</i> Cossmann, 1921 and <i>Phyllonotus</i> Swainson, 1833. <em>Novapex.</em> 22(1-2): 25-42.
page(s): 40 [details]
page(s): pl. 15 [details]
original description (of Murex tricolor Valenciennes, 1832) Valenciennes, A. (1832). Coquilles univalves marines de l'Amérique équinoxiale, recueillies pendant le voyage de MM. A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland. <em>In: Humboldt, A. von & Bonpland, A. (Eds), Recueil d'observations de zoologie et d'anatomie comparée: faites dans l'océan atlantique, dans l'intérieur du nouveau continent et dans la mer du sud pendant les années 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802 et 1803.</em> Vol. 2: 262-339, pl. 57. Paris, J. Smith, and Gide., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30021592 [details]
new combination reference Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of <i>Muricanthus</i> Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to <i>Hexaplex</i> s.s. Perry, 1810, <i>Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)</i> Cossmann, 1921 and <i>Phyllonotus</i> Swainson, 1833. <em>Novapex.</em> 22(1-2): 25-42.
page(s): 40 [details]
To Conchology (Hexaplex regius) (from synonym Hexaplex regius (Swainson, 1821))
To Malacopics (Phyllonotus regius (Swainson, 1821) Panama, Panamá, Isla Taboga, at 3.6 m depth, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
To Malacopics (Phyllonotus regius (Swainson, 1821) Panama, Panamá, Isla Taboga, at 3.6 m depth, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis .)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym