OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Murex (Murex) brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862
Murex (Tribulus) acanthodes Watson, 1883
Common Name
Macgillivray's Woodcock p.140 [as Acupurpura macgillivaryi ] Allan, J. 1950.
Macgillivray's Murex p.47 Coleman, N. 1981.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: subtidal
substrate: in sandy mud
substrate: mud bottom
References
Brazier, J. 1893. p.49 General reference
Coleman, N. 1975. p.27, pl. 47 [notes on reproduction and feeding] General reference
Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. p.65 [figs 33 - syntype, 67C - radula, 72A - penis, 74E - protoconch, distribution] General reference
Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. p.65 Synonomy
Smith, E.A. 1884. p.44 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.32 [distribution] General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.84, pl. 57, fig. 5 General reference
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
Murex (Murex) brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Murex (Murex) brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11014) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-03.