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Murex capensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
404242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404242)
unaccepted (synonym)
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marine
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 190, fig. 76 [details]
page(s): 190, fig. 76 [details]
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Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 190, fig. 76 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
source of synonymy Houart, R. (1991). Description of four new species of Muricidae from southern Africa with range extensions and a review of the subgenus <i>Poropteron</i> Jousseaume, 1880 (Ocenebrinae). <em>Apex.</em> 6 (3-4): 59-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530281 [details]
page(s): 190, fig. 76 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
source of synonymy Houart, R. (1991). Description of four new species of Muricidae from southern Africa with range extensions and a review of the subgenus <i>Poropteron</i> Jousseaume, 1880 (Ocenebrinae). <em>Apex.</em> 6 (3-4): 59-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530281 [details]
