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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Muricopsis (Murexsul) octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Types

Primary Type: syntype Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. p.531, pl. 36, fig 8, 9
MNHP (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris) syntype Bay of Islands, New Zealand

Keywords

Original Epithet:  octogonus
Original Text Name:  Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Original Genus:  Murex
Status of Name: Used as Valid Name       Trew, A. & Oliver, P.G. 1981. p.17 

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971
                            Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
                              Muricopsis (Murexsul) Iredale, 1915
                                Muricopsis (Murexsul) octogonus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
                                  Murex octogonus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=78576) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.