OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex (Murex) brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSomalia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaKenya
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMascarene IslandsMauritius?

References

 Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. p.60, figs. 30, 32, 67A, 72F, 74C, 83A-C 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) brevispina Lamarck, 1822
                                  Murex (Murex) brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48712) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-02.