OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Murex varicosus Sowerby, 1834Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy
Senior name:
Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Types
Primary Type: Type [] Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1834. pl. 65, fig. 49
Keywords
Original Epithet: varicosus
Original Text Name: Murex varicosus
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 varicosus Sowerby, 1834
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11117) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.