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original description
(of Murex trapezium Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 755 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Snyder, M. A.; Vermeij, G. J.; Lyons, W. G. (2012). The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). <em>Basteria.</em> 76(1-3): 31-70. [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 148. [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 [request]
additional source
Maes, V. O. (1967). Radulae of two species of <i>Pleuroploca</i> (Fasciolariidae) from the Indo-Pacific. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(2): 48-54, figs. 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8528065 [details]
identification resource
Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. Pp. 106-137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
From other sources
Description Unmistakable large, elongated, solid and heavy shell, up to 20 cm. Shoulders of body and upper whorls with thick, blunt nodules. Surface often with fine brown, spiral lines. Colour golden brown, aperture pale. Habitat: seagrass beds. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Regional names: Kis. Kome, Kome fundwa; MCr. Conocono. (Richmond, 1997). [details]