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Latirus polygonus (Gmelin, 1791)
211131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211131)
accepted
Species
Murex polygonus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
- Subspecies Latirus polygonus barclayi (Reeve, 1847) accepted as Latirus barclayi (Reeve, 1847)
marine
(of Murex polygonus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
Description High spired shell, up to 7 cm, with angular nodules on spiral ridges; lip with fine teeth and ridges. Colour cream to pale...
Description High spired shell, up to 7 cm, with angular nodules on spiral ridges; lip with fine teeth and ridges. Colour cream to pale with darker markings, or dark brown. Interior white. Habitat: eulittoral and deeper rocky areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Latirus polygonus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211131 on 2024-04-16
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(of Murex polygonus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 145. [details]
additional source Maeda, T. (1992). Studies on the Structure of Osphradium in Three Subfamilies of Fasciolariidae with Reference to their Morphology and Ecology. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 51(1 ＆ 2)： 89 − 93. [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. <i>Faune des colonies françaises</i>, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 145. [details]
additional source Maeda, T. (1992). Studies on the Structure of Osphradium in Three Subfamilies of Fasciolariidae with Reference to their Morphology and Ecology. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 51(1 ＆ 2)： 89 − 93. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description High spired shell, up to 7 cm, with angular nodules on spiral ridges; lip with fine teeth and ridges. Colour cream to pale with darker markings, or dark brown. Interior white. Habitat: eulittoral and deeper rocky areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]Publication date Described in 1790 according to Dautzenberg, 1929. [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Murex polygonus Gmelin, 1791)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Latirus polygonus (GMELIN, 1791); Figuré; F.A26976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex polygonus Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Murex polygonus Gmelin, 1791)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Latirus polygonus (GMELIN, 1791); Figuré; F.A26976)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex polygonus Gmelin, 1791)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
