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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

[] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.747

Keywords

Original Epithet:  scorpio
Original Text Name:  Murex scorpio
Original Genus:  Murex

References

 Wilson, B. 1994. p.37 Type SpecAv

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971
                            Homalocantha Mörch, 1852
                              Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11116) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.