MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Murex clavus Kiener, 1842) Kiener, L. C. (1841-1843). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 7. Famille des Canalifères. Troisième partie. Genres Rocher (<i>Murex</i>) Linné, pp. 1-130 + unpaginated erratum, pl. 1-47 [pp. 1-16 (1842), 17-130 (1843); pl. 1-47 (1842)]; Triton (<i>Triton</i>) Lamarck, pp. 1-48, pl. 1-18 [all (1842)]; Ranelle (<i>Ranella</i>) Lamarck, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-15 [pp. 1-40 (1842), pl. 1-15 (1841)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/87548
page(s): Murex: 111, pl. 37 fig. 2 [details]
original description
(of Murex draco Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description
(of Murex elongatus [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 65 [details]
additional source
Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 102. [details]
identification resource
Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]