OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex Linnaeus, 1758
Aranea Perry, 1810
Tribulus Kobelt, 1877
Acupurpura Jousseaume, 1880
Tubicaunda Jousseaume, 1880
Included taxa
Murex (Murex) tribulus Linnaeus, 1758
Murex (Murex) pecten Lightfoot, 1786
Murex (Murex) forskoehlii Röding, 1798
Murex (Murex) trapa Röding, 1798
Murex (Murex) scolopax Dillwyn, 1817
Murex (Murex) tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822
Murex (Murex) ternispina Lamarck, 1822
Murex (Murex) brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Murex (Murex) occa Sowerby, 1834
Murex (Murex) aduncospinosus Sowerby, 1841
Murex (Murex) wahlbergi Krauss, 1848
Murex (Murex) singaporensis A. Adams, 1853
Murex (Murex) troscheli Lischke, 1868
Murex (Murex) alocatus Robillard, 1873
Murex (Murex) carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881)
Murex (Murex) serratospinosus Dunker, 1883
Murex (Murex) acanthostephes Watson, 1883
Murex (Murex) coppingeri Smith, 1884
Murex (Murex) djarianensis Martin, 1895
Murex (Murex) queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Murex (Murex) kerslakae Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Murex (Murex) spicatus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Murex (Murex) spectabilis Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Murex (Murex) falsitribulus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Murex (Murex) altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988
Murex (Murex) protocrassus Houart, 1990
Murex (Murex) somalicus Parth, 1990
Murex (Murex) philippinensis Parth, 1994
Murex (Murex) salomonensis Parth, 1994
Murex (Murex) megapex Neubert, 1998
Murex (Murex) hystricosus Houart & Dharma, 2001
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
Murex Linnaeus, 1758
Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11009) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.