MolluscaBase taxon details
Homalocantha heptagonata (Bronn, 1831) †
1613549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1613549)
accepted
Species
Murex (Muricidea) heptagonatus (Bronn, 1831) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex altavillae Libassi, 1859 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex astensis Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex clavus Michelotti, 1841 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex heptagonatus Bronn, 1831 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex heptagonatus var. pliovaricosa Sacco, 1890 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Murex heptagonatus Bronn, 1831 †) Bronn, H. G. (1831). Italiens Tertiär-Gebilde und deren organische Einschlüsse. Karl Groos, Heidelberg, xii + 176 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170083
page(s): 35 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
Type locality contained in Italy
type locality contained in Italy [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Homalocantha heptagonata (Bronn, 1831) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1613549 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Murex heptagonatus Bronn, 1831 †) Bronn, H. G. (1831). Italiens Tertiär-Gebilde und deren organische Einschlüsse. Karl Groos, Heidelberg, xii + 176 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39170083
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Murex altavillae Libassi, 1859 †) Libassi I. (1859). Memoria sopra alcune conchiglie fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. <i>Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Palermo</i>, N.S., 3: 1-47 + 1 pl, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9246863
page(s): 40-41, fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Murex astensis Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840 †) Bellardi L. & Michelotti G. (1840). <i>Saggio orittographico sulla classe dei gasteropodi fossili dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte</i>. 82 pp., 8 pls. Also published in 1841 as: <i>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino</i>, ser. 2, 3: 93-174, pls 2-9. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7619788
page(s): 167, pl. 3 figs 18-19 [details]
original description (of Murex clavus Michelotti, 1841 †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Monografia del genere <i>Murex</i> ossia enumerazione delle principali specie dei terreni sopracretacei dell'Italia. Vicenza: Tipografia Tremeschin. 28 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-101813
page(s): 20, pl. 5 figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record 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): 418, pl. 125 figs 4-9 [details]
additional source Harzhauser, M.; Landau, B. M.; Merle, D. (2025). The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Central Paratethys Sea (Haustrinae, Muricinae, Ocenebrinae, Pagodulinae, Typhinae, Muricidae incertae sedis). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5572(1): 1-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5572.1.1 [details]
page(s): 35 [details]
original description (of Murex altavillae Libassi, 1859 †) Libassi I. (1859). Memoria sopra alcune conchiglie fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. <i>Atti dell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere e Arti di Palermo</i>, N.S., 3: 1-47 + 1 pl, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9246863
page(s): 40-41, fig. 17 [details]
original description (of Murex astensis Bellardi & Michelotti, 1840 †) Bellardi L. & Michelotti G. (1840). <i>Saggio orittographico sulla classe dei gasteropodi fossili dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte</i>. 82 pp., 8 pls. Also published in 1841 as: <i>Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino</i>, ser. 2, 3: 93-174, pls 2-9. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7619788
page(s): 167, pl. 3 figs 18-19 [details]
original description (of Murex clavus Michelotti, 1841 †) Michelotti, G. (1841). Monografia del genere <i>Murex</i> ossia enumerazione delle principali specie dei terreni sopracretacei dell'Italia. Vicenza: Tipografia Tremeschin. 28 pp. , available online at https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-101813
page(s): 20, pl. 5 figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record 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): 418, pl. 125 figs 4-9 [details]
additional source Harzhauser, M.; Landau, B. M.; Merle, D. (2025). The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Central Paratethys Sea (Haustrinae, Muricinae, Ocenebrinae, Pagodulinae, Typhinae, Muricidae incertae sedis). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5572(1): 1-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5572.1.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
