MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Murex rota Mawe, 1823) Mawe, J. (1823). The Linnaean system of conchology : describing the orders, genera, and species of shells arranged into divisions and families : with a view to facilitate the student's attainment of the science. Printed for and sold by the author, and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 207 pp. + 37 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54279
page(s): 131, 134, pl. 26 fig. 3. [details]
basis of record
Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). <i>Compendium of sea shells</i>. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality