OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda unnamed Cerithiidae 

Murex asper Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Types

Primary Type: neotype [] Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.756
MNHG 1097-27 3 neotype

Keywords

Original Epithet:  asper
Nomenclatural Action: New Taxon       Linnaeus, C. 1758. p.38 
Original Text Name:  Murex asper
Original Genus:  Murex

References

 Houbrick, R.S. 1978. p.38 Type information

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Cerithiidae
                        Cerithiinae
                          Rhinoclavis Swainson, 1840
                            Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) Swainson, 1840
                              Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) aspera (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Murex asper Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7419) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.