WoRMS taxon details
Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839)
217182 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217182)
accepted
Species
Conothais citrina Kuroda, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pyrula versicolor Gray, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Thais versicolor (Gray, 1839) · unaccepted
marine
(of Pyrula versicolor Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): p. 114. [details]
page(s): p. 114. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217182 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pyrula versicolor Gray, 1839) Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): p. 114. [details]
page(s): p. 114. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa</i>. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Thais versicolor (Gray, 1839))
To Conchology (Pinaxia versicolor SUBFOSSIL)
To Conchology (Pinaxia versicolor)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinaxia versicolor)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pyrula versicolor Gray, 1839)
To Malacopics (Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, ex coll...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conothais citrina Kuroda, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Thais versicolor (Gray, 1839))
To Conchology (Pinaxia versicolor SUBFOSSIL)
To Conchology (Pinaxia versicolor)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pinaxia versicolor)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Pyrula versicolor Gray, 1839)
To Malacopics (Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839) Philippines, Eastern Visayas, Samar Island, ex coll...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Conothais citrina Kuroda, 1930)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
