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WoRMS taxon details

Muricopsis rutila (Reeve, 1846)

To NHMUK collection (Ricinula rutila Reeve, 1846; LECTOTYPE & PARALECTOTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2385524)

AphiaID

744593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:744593)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882

Original name

Ricinula rutila Reeve, 1846

Synonymised names

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) rutila (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted

Muricopsis (Risomurex) rutila (Reeve, 1846) · unaccepted

Ricinula rutila Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted (original combination)

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Subspecies Muricopsis rutila mariangelae Rolán & F. Fernandes, 1991
Subspecies Muricopsis rutila rutila (Reeve, 1846)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Ricinula rutila Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Ricinula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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. 49 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Ghanaian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Ghanaian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricopsis rutila (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744593 on 2025-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2013-11-23 13:22:04Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ricinula rutila Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Ricinula. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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. 49 [details]

basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 186 [details]