WoRMS taxon details
Chorus giganteus (R. P. Lesson, 1831)
404545 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404545)
accepted
Species
Monoceros fusoides P. P. King, 1832 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monoceros giganteum R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Monoceros giganteum R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): pl 11, fig 4, 4'' [13 Oct 1831]; 405 [15 Nov 1831] [details]
page(s): pl 11, fig 4, 4'' [13 Oct 1831]; 405 [15 Nov 1831] [details]
Type locality contained in Chile
type locality contained in Chile [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chorus giganteus (R. P. Lesson, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404545 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Monoceros giganteum R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): pl 11, fig 4, 4'' [13 Oct 1831]; 405 [15 Nov 1831] [details]
original description (of Monoceros fusoides P. P. King, 1832) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
page(s): 348 [details]
basis of record DeVries, T. J. (1997). A review of the genus Chorus Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from western South America. <em>Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology.</em> 30(3): 125-145.
page(s): 132, pl. 1, fig. 1-4, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 30, textfig. 3C, pl. 14A-J [details]
page(s): pl 11, fig 4, 4'' [13 Oct 1831]; 405 [15 Nov 1831] [details]
original description (of Monoceros fusoides P. P. King, 1832) King, P. P. (1832). Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the Straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 5(125): 332-349., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657695
page(s): 348 [details]
basis of record DeVries, T. J. (1997). A review of the genus Chorus Gray, 1847 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from western South America. <em>Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology.</em> 30(3): 125-145.
page(s): 132, pl. 1, fig. 1-4, pl. 2, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 30, textfig. 3C, pl. 14A-J [details]
Other
additional source
Herm, D. (1969). Marines Pliozän und Pleistozän in Nord- und Mittel-Chile unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der Mollusken- Faunen. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 2: 1-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28274642
page(s): 135, pl. 15, fig. 4a-b [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 135, pl. 15, fig. 4a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Conchology (Chorus giganteus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chorus giganteus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Monoceros giganteum R. P. Lesson, 1831)
To Malacopics (Chorus giganteus (Lesson, 1831) Chile, Los Lagos, Puerto Corral, by diving, at 1 m ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-75) (from synonym Monoceros giganteum R. P. Lesson, 1831)
To Conchology (Chorus giganteus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chorus giganteus)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Monoceros giganteum R. P. Lesson, 1831)
To Malacopics (Chorus giganteus (Lesson, 1831) Chile, Los Lagos, Puerto Corral, by diving, at 1 m ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-75) (from synonym Monoceros giganteum R. P. Lesson, 1831)
