OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex (Murex) forskoehlii Röding, 1798

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Murex forskoehlii Röding, 1798

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.27 

References

 Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. p.32, figs. 6, 70E, 74A, 82D-F Contains synonymy

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) forskoehlii Röding, 1798

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48684) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-02. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-10-09.