MolluscaBase taxon details
Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip, 1833)
404388 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404388)
accepted
Species
Murex boivinii Kiener, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex broderipii Michelotti, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Murex horridus Broderip, 1833 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex horridus Brocchi, 1814; Murex broderipii is a replacement name
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 194 [details]
page(s): 194 [details]
Type locality contained in Chile
type locality contained in Chile [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404388 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Murex boivinii Kiener, 1842) Kiener, L. C. (1841-1843). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 7. Famille des Canalifères. Troisième partie. Genres Rocher (<i>Murex</i>) Linné, pp. 1-130 + unpaginated erratum, pl. 1-47 [pp. 1-16 (1842), 17-130 (1843); pl. 1-47 (1842)]; Triton (<i>Triton</i>) Lamarck, pp. 1-48, pl. 1-18 [all (1842)]; Ranelle (<i>Ranella</i>) Lamarck, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-15 [pp. 1-40 (1842), pl. 1-15 (1841)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87548 [details]
original description (of Murex broderipii 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 [details]
original description (of Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Murex horridus Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 176 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Houart, R. & Sellanes, J. (2017). Description of new species of <i>Xanthochorus</i> Fischer, 1884 and <i>Urosalpinx</i> Stimpson, 1865 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae, Ocenebrinae) from Central Chile. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 35(2): 101-110. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source DeVries, T. J. (2005). The late Cenozoic history of Xanthochorus Fischer, 1884 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in western South America. <em>The Veliger.</em> 47(4): 259-276.
page(s): 264, fig. 13, 15, 17-21; note: fossil record [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Murex broderipii 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 [details]
original description (of Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 194 [details]
original description (of Murex horridus Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 176 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Houart, R. & Sellanes, J. (2017). Description of new species of <i>Xanthochorus</i> Fischer, 1884 and <i>Urosalpinx</i> Stimpson, 1865 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae, Ocenebrinae) from Central Chile. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 35(2): 101-110. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source DeVries, T. J. (2005). The late Cenozoic history of Xanthochorus Fischer, 1884 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in western South America. <em>The Veliger.</em> 47(4): 259-276.
page(s): 264, fig. 13, 15, 17-21; note: fossil record [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Xanthochorus buxeus (Broderip, 1833) Peru, El Callao, Callao, under rocks at low tide, collected 1982, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Murex boivinii Kiener, 1842; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2483038) (from synonym Murex boivinii Kiener, 1842)
To NHMUK collection (Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3510653) (from synonym Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833)
To NHMUK collection (Murex boivinii Kiener, 1842; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2483038) (from synonym Murex boivinii Kiener, 1842)
To NHMUK collection (Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3510653) (from synonym Murex buxeus Broderip, 1833)
