MolluscaBase taxon details
Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833)
406185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406185)
accepted
Species
Murex (Phyllonotus) stearnsii Dall, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex oxyacantha Broderip, 1833 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex oxyacantha 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]
page(s): 176 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406185 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Murex oxyacantha 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]
original description (of Murex (Phyllonotus) stearnsii Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Pleistocene fossils of Magdalena Bay, Lower California, collected by Charles Russell Orcutt. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 31(1): 23-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1772105
page(s): 26 [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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basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 456, pl. 144 figs 1-10 [details]
page(s): 176 [details]
original description (of Murex (Phyllonotus) stearnsii Dall, 1918) Dall, W. H. (1918). Pleistocene fossils of Magdalena Bay, Lower California, collected by Charles Russell Orcutt. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 31(1): 23-26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1772105
page(s): 26 [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]basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 456, pl. 144 figs 1-10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Malacopics (Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833) Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Isla Pedro Gonzáles, on dead coral, at 3.6 m depth, collected January 1979, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwen...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 48539 species description) (from synonym Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877236 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877236 Ventral)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Murex (Phyllonotus) stearnsii Dall, 1918 Holotype USNM 48539) (from synonym Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Malacopics (Homalocantha oxyacantha (Broderip, 1833) Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Isla Pedro Gonzáles, on dead coral, at 3.6 m depth, collected January 1979, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwen...
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 48539 species description) (from synonym Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877236 Dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 877236 Ventral)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Murex (Phyllonotus) stearnsii Dall, 1918 Holotype USNM 48539) (from synonym Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex stearnsii Dall, 1918)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
