MolluscaBase - Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)

To GB Mollusca Types (Murex tumulosus G. B. Sowerby 2nd, 1841; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100405)

AphiaID

140390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140390)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Bolinus Pusch, 1837

Original name

Murex cornutus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Aranea conspicua Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)

Bolinus cornutus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Bolinus cornutus quadrispinosus T. Cossignani & Allary, 2019 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Murex (Bolinus) cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synomym)

Murex cornutus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Murex tumulosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Bolinus cornutus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subspecies Bolinus cornutus quadrispinosus T. Cossignani & Allary, 2019 accepted as Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex cornutus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140390 on 2025-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-04-10 08:18:34Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2008-07-05 16:52:17Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex cornutus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 746 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Murex tumulosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 189, fig. 71 [details]

original description (of Aranea conspicua Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

original description (of Bolinus cornutus quadrispinosus T. Cossignani & Allary, 2019) Cossignani T. & Allary A. (2019). Bolinus cornutus quadrispinosus: nuova s. specie dal Senegal. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 105: 12-13. [details]

Taxonomy

redescription Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	horned murexAfrican horned murex [from synonym]	[details]
German	Horn-StachelschneckeGehörnte StachelschneckeAfrikanische Hornschnecke [from synonym]	[details]