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Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880
406230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406230)
accepted
Genus
Murex acanthopterus Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816) (type by original designation)
Murex (Alipurpura) P. Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted
Pteronotus (Pterochelus) Jousseaume, 1880 · unaccepted
Pteropurpura (Alipurpura) P. Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) Jousseaume, 1880 · unaccepted
- Species Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Pterochelus adelaidensis (Tate, 1888) †
- Species Pterochelus akation (E. H. Vokes, 1993)
- Species Pterochelus ariomus (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
- Species Pterochelus contabulatus (Lamarck, 1803) †
- Species Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936
- Species Pterochelus manubriatus (Tate, 1888) †
- Species Pterochelus rhysus (Tate, 1888) †
- Species Pterochelus saibaiensis (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
- Species Pterochelus tenuicornis (Tate, 1888) †
- Species Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845)
- Species Pterochelus undosus (E. H. Vokes, 1993)
- Species Pterochelus webbi Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
- Species Pterochelus westralis (Ponder & B. R. Wilson, 1973)
- Species Pterochelus allani P. A. Maxwell, 1971 † accepted as Prototyphis allani (P. A. Maxwell, 1971) † (superseded combination)
- Species Pterochelus diffusi [sic] accepted as Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936 (misspelling)
- Species Pterochelus dondani Kosuge, 1984 accepted as Pygmaepterys dondani (Kosuge, 1984) (original combination)
- Species Pterochelus otwayensis (G. F. Harris, 1897) † accepted as Prototyphis otwayensis (G. F. Harris, 1897) † (superseded combination)
- Species Pterochelus paupereques A. W. B. Powell, 1974 accepted as Prototyphis eos paupereques (A. W. B. Powell, 1974) (superseded combination)
- Species Pterochelus tahuensis P. A. Maxwell, 1971 † accepted as Prototyphis tahuensis (P. A. Maxwell, 1971) † (superseded combination)
- Species Pterochelus trinodosus (Tate, 1888) † accepted as Timbellus trinodosus (Tate, 1888) † accepted as Prototyphis extrinodosus (Sacco, 1904) †
marine
Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
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original description
Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Murex (Alipurpura) P. Fischer, 1884) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 641; note: name attributed by Fischer to Bayle [details]
taxonomy source Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 136 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Murex (Alipurpura) P. Fischer, 1884) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 641; note: name attributed by Fischer to Bayle [details]
taxonomy source Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 136 [details]
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