MolluscaBase name details
Murex austriacus Tournouër, 1875 †
1769218 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1769218)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Tournouër, R. (1875). Etude sur quelques espèces de <i>Murex</i> fossiles du falun de Pont-Levoy en Touraine. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 23(2): 144-167., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674682
page(s): 158 [details]
page(s): 158 [details]
Type locality contained in Austria
type locality contained in Austria [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex austriacus Tournouër, 1875 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1769218 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Tournouër, R. (1875). Etude sur quelques espèces de <i>Murex</i> fossiles du falun de Pont-Levoy en Touraine. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 23(2): 144-167., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674682
page(s): 158 [details]
additional source Hörnes, M. (1851-1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. <em>Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 3: 1-736, pls 1-52 [pp. 1-42, pls 1-5 (1851); pp. 43-184, pls 6-15 (1852); pp. 185-296, pls 16-32 (1853); pp. 297-384, pls 33-40 (1854); pp. 385-460, pls 41-45 (1855); pp. 461-736, pls 46-52 (1856)].
page(s): 220, pl. 23 figs 1-5; note: as Murex sedgwicki Michelotti [misapplication]: basis of the name Murex austriacus [details]
source of synonymy Harzhauser, M.; Landau, B. M.; Merle, D. (2025). The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Central Paratethys Sea (Haustrinae, Muricinae, Ocenebrinae, Pagodulinae, Typhinae, Muricidae incertae sedis). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5572(1): 1-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5572.1.1 [details]
page(s): 158 [details]
additional source Hörnes, M. (1851-1856). Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiär-Beckens von Wien. I. Univalven. <em>Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt.</em> 3: 1-736, pls 1-52 [pp. 1-42, pls 1-5 (1851); pp. 43-184, pls 6-15 (1852); pp. 185-296, pls 16-32 (1853); pp. 297-384, pls 33-40 (1854); pp. 385-460, pls 41-45 (1855); pp. 461-736, pls 46-52 (1856)].
page(s): 220, pl. 23 figs 1-5; note: as Murex sedgwicki Michelotti [misapplication]: basis of the name Murex austriacus [details]
source of synonymy Harzhauser, M.; Landau, B. M.; Merle, D. (2025). The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Central Paratethys Sea (Haustrinae, Muricinae, Ocenebrinae, Pagodulinae, Typhinae, Muricidae incertae sedis). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5572(1): 1-162., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5572.1.1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
