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Murex heros Fulton, 1936
404492 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404492)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fulton, H. C. (1936). Descriptions of five new species and varieties. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 22(1): 9-10. [details]
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Fulton, H. C. (1936). Descriptions of five new species and varieties. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 22(1): 9-10. [details]
additional source Harasewych, M. G. (1980). On the identity of the gastropod, <i>Murex heros</i> Fulton, 1936. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 94(4): 141-142, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274655 [details]
source of synonymy Houart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
page(s): 48, pl. fig. 17G-I, pl. fig. 18A-F [details]
additional source Harasewych, M. G. (1980). On the identity of the gastropod, <i>Murex heros</i> Fulton, 1936. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 94(4): 141-142, figs. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274655 [details]
source of synonymy Houart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
page(s): 48, pl. fig. 17G-I, pl. fig. 18A-F [details]
