WoRMS name details
Murex cariosus W. Wood, 1828
404245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404245)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex cariosus Linnaeus, 1767)
Species
marine
Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex cariosus W. Wood, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404245 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Emerson, W. K. & D'Attilio, A. (1981). Remarks on <i>Muricodrupa</i> Iredale, 1918 (Muricidae: Thaidinae), with the description of a new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 95(2): 77-82, figs. 1-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8497132 [details]
Other
additional source
Houart, R. (1995). The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> ser. 4, 16 (A, 2-4): 245-297. [July 1995]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59176576 [details]
