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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 at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744600 on 2025-09-11
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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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Muricopsis deformis)
To Malacopics (Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846) Panama, Ngöbe-Buglé, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, under rocks, by snorkeling, at 3-8 m depth, collected 2007-10-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans,1984 HOLOTYPE Costa Rica, Puerto Vargas, Parque Nacional Cahuita, Mosquito Gulf)
To NHMUK collection (Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385500) (from synonym Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846)
To Malacopics (Muricopsis deformis (Reeve, 1846) Panama, Ngöbe-Buglé, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, under rocks, by snorkeling, at 3-8 m depth, collected 2007-10-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Risomurex mosquitensis Kemperman & Coomans,1984 HOLOTYPE Costa Rica, Puerto Vargas, Parque Nacional Cahuita, Mosquito Gulf)
To NHMUK collection (Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385500) (from synonym Ricinula deformis Reeve, 1846)
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