WoRMS taxon details
Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846)
744600 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744600)
accepted
Species
Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted
Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)
Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans, 1984 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sistrum ferrugineum rubidum Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Ricinula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 6, species no. 44 [details]
page(s): pl. 6, species no. 44 [details]
Type locality contained in Costa Rican part of the Caribbean Sea
type locality contained in Costa Rican part of the Caribbean Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744600 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans, 1984) Kemperman, T.C.M. & Coomans, H.E. (1984). Studies on West Indian marine molluscs, 1. <i>Risomurex mosquitensis</i>, a new Caribbaean species, with remarks on the status of the genus <i>Risomurex</i> (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam.</em> 10(1): 1-7. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Sistrum ferrugineum rubidum Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 18, 217 [details]
original description (of Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Ricinula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 6, species no. 44 [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): 196, pl. 14 figs 1-7 [details]
[request]original description (of Sistrum ferrugineum rubidum Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 18, 217 [details]
original description (of Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Ricinula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pl. 1-6 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1-3, August 1846, pl. 5, September 1846; pl. 4, 6, October 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118823#page/441/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 6, species no. 44 [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): 196, pl. 14 figs 1-7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans, 1984)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846)
To Conchology (Muricopsis deformis)
To Malacopics (Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846) Panama, Ngöbe-Buglé, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, und...
To Malacopics (Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans,1984 HOLOTYPE Costa Rica, Puerto Vargas, ...
To NHMUK collection (Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385500) (from synonym Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis (Reeve, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846)
To Conchology (Muricopsis deformis)
To Malacopics (Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846) Panama, Ngöbe-Buglé, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, und...
To Malacopics (Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans,1984 HOLOTYPE Costa Rica, Puerto Vargas, ...
To NHMUK collection (Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385500) (from synonym Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Muricopsis (Risomurex) deformis (Reeve, 1846))
