WoRMS name details
Murex (Murex) brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862
404975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404975)
alternative representation
Subspecies
Murex (Tribulus) acanthodes R. B. Watson, 1883 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862) Dohrn, H. (1862). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1862): 202-203., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577234
page(s): 203 [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex (Murex) brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404975 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862) Dohrn, H. (1862). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1862): 202-203., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577234
page(s): 203 [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of <i>Murex</i> s.s. and <i>Haustellum</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8: 1-160., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/ponder-and-vokes-1988-rec-aust-mus-suppl-8-1160/ [details]
page(s): 203 [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of <i>Murex</i> s.s. and <i>Haustellum</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8: 1-160., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/ponder-and-vokes-1988-rec-aust-mus-suppl-8-1160/ [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Houart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Murex (Tribulus) acanthodes R. B. Watson, 1883; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499800) (from synonym Murex (Tribulus) acanthodes R. B. Watson, 1883)
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Hosted externally, from synonym
