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Murex digitatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
404314 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404314)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
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): 198, fig. 114 [details]
page(s): 198, fig. 114 [details]
Type locality contained in Red Sea
type locality contained in Red Sea [details]
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original description
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): 198, fig. 114 [details]
additional source Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Murex</i>, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 137-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571576
page(s): 145 [details]
subsequent type designation 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): 450, pl. 141 figs 1a-b; note: lectotype designated [details]
page(s): 198, fig. 114 [details]
additional source Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Murex</i>, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 137-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571576
page(s): 145 [details]
subsequent type designation 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): 450, pl. 141 figs 1a-b; note: lectotype designated [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
