MolluscaBase - Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum (Brocchi, 1814) †

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Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum (Brocchi, 1814) †

AphiaID

1800594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1800594)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Monoplex heptagonus (Brocchi, 1814) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Tritonium (Gutturnium) Mörch, 1852 accepted as Gutturnium Mörch, 1852

Original name

Murex heptagonus Brocchi, 1814 †

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Variety Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum var. angulata Sacco, 1890 † accepted as Monoplex heptagonus (Brocchi, 1814) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tritonium (Gutturnium) heptagonum (Brocchi, 1814). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1800594 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2025-02-22 18:39:07Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

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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]