Molluscabase - Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840

MolluscaBase name details

Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

1363285 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1363285)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original rank)

Accepted Name

Hexaplex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Hexaplex Perry, 1810

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Orig. name

Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. <em>London, Longman.</em> viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 296 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363285 on 2021-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-07-31 20:12:51Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. <em>London, Longman.</em> viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 296 [details]