OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex affinis Reeve, 1846

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Chicoreus (Triplex) torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841)

Types

Primary Type: lectotype Secondary Type: PL [pl. 35, fig. 182 (the year 1846) (not Murex affinis Gmelin, 1791 )] Reeve, L.A. 1845.
BMNH 197499 lectotype 83.1 mm specimen unknown

References

 Houart, R. 1992. p.55 Type SpecAv
 Houart, R. 1992. p.55 Secondary source
 Houart, R. 1992. p.57 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
                            Chicoreus Montfort, 1810
                              Chicoreus (Triplex) Perry, 1810
                                Chicoreus (Triplex) torrefactus (Sowerby, 1841)
                                  Murex affinis Reeve, 1846

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10934) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.