WoRMS name details
Murex hamatus Hinds, 1844
404488 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404488)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of <i>Scalaria</i> and <i>Murex</i>, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 124-129., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680102
page(s): 128. [details]
page(s): 128. [details]
Type locality contained in Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Ecuadorean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex hamatus Hinds, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404488 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of <i>Scalaria</i> and <i>Murex</i>, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 124-129., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680102
page(s): 128. [details]
page(s): 128. [details]
Other
additional source
Emerson, W. K. (1985). <i>Murex hamatus</i> Hinds, 1844, a living West American species assigned to the Neogene paciphile genus, <i>Pterorytis</i> Conrad (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 99(1): 14-17, figs. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276658 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
