MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Murex expansus G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Descriptions of new shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859: 428-429, pl. 49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274842
page(s): 428 [details]
original description
(of Pteronotus brachypteron A. Adams, 1863) Adams, A. (1863). On the species of Muricinae found in Japan. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1862) 30: 370-376., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577414
page(s): 371. [details]
original description
(of Murex plorator Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364
page(s): suppl. plate 1, species no. 191 [details]
basis of record
Houart, R. (2011). <i>Ocenebra, Pteropurpura</i>, and <i>Ocinebrellus</i> (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ocenebrinae) in the northwestern Pacific. <em>American Conchologist.</em> 39 (4): 12-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57492366
page(s): 16. [details]