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Hexaplex engonatus (Conrad, 1833) †
1779490 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1779490)
accepted
Species
Murex engonatus Conrad, 1833 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex gosportensis Aldrich, 1937 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Murex engonatus Conrad, 1833 †) Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): 30 [republication: 52] [details]
page(s): 30 [republication: 52] [details]
Type locality contained in Alabama
type locality contained in Alabama [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex engonatus (Conrad, 1833) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1779490 on 2025-09-12
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original description
(of Murex engonatus Conrad, 1833 †) Conrad, T. A. (1832-1833). Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America, illustrated by figures drawn on stone from nature. Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, W. P. Gibbons, Printer. Vol. 1(1): pp. [i]-viii + 9-20, pls 1-6 [1832]; Vol. 1(2): pp. 21-28, pls 7-14 [December 1832]; Vol. 1(3): pp. 29-38, no plates [August 1833]; Vol. 1(4): pp. 39-46, pls 15-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23521363
page(s): 30 [republication: 52] [details]
original description (of Murex gosportensis Aldrich, 1937 †) Palmer, K. van W. (1937). The Claibornian Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, and dibranchiate Cephalopoda of the southern United States. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 7(32): 1-730 [part I: 1-548; part II: 90 plates]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30413130
page(s): 268, pl. 36 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 30 [republication: 52] [details]
original description (of Murex gosportensis Aldrich, 1937 †) Palmer, K. van W. (1937). The Claibornian Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, and dibranchiate Cephalopoda of the southern United States. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 7(32): 1-730 [part I: 1-548; part II: 90 plates]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30413130
page(s): 268, pl. 36 fig. 3 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 89 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
