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Favartia crouchi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
723833 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:723833)
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Species
Murex (Ocenebra) crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 · unaccepted
Murex crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex (Ocenebra) crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Descriptions of twelve new species, chiefly from Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(2): 41-44, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167324
page(s): 41, pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 41, pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Favartia crouchi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723833 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Murex (Ocenebra) crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Descriptions of twelve new species, chiefly from Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(2): 41-44, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167324
page(s): 41, pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
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): 314, pl. 73 figs 1-4 [details]
additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 41, pl. 4 fig. 9 [details]
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): 314, pl. 73 figs 1-4 [details]
additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors





To Conchology (Favartia crouchi)
To Malacopics (Favartia crouchi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, off Carlson Island, in dead coral rubble, at 9 m depth, collected 1990, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Murex crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2838886) (from synonym Murex crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
To Malacopics (Favartia crouchi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Marshall Islands, Kwajalein, off Carlson Island, in dead coral rubble, at 9 m depth, collected 1990, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To NHMUK collection (Murex crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2838886) (from synonym Murex crouchi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)