MolluscaBase - Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786

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Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786

To Conchology (Murex pecten)

AphiaID

404683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404683)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786

Synonymised names

Murex (Murex) pecten [Lightfoot], 1786 · alternative representation

Murex tribulus var. pecten [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (basionym)

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Subspecies Murex pecten pecten [Lightfoot], 1786
Subspecies Murex pecten soelae Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988

Environment

marine

Original description

Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404683 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-20 23:24:37Z

created

Houart, Roland

2009-06-22 14:29:05Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2013-05-04 11:03:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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original description Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. [book]. London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]

basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors