MolluscaBase - Murex speciosus A. Adams, 1855

MolluscaBase name details

Murex speciosus A. Adams, 1855

AphiaID

404594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404594)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)

Rank

Species

Parent

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Murex (Pteronotus) speciosus A. Adams, 1855

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex (Pteronotus) speciosus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1855) 23: 119-124., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748012
page(s): 121 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex speciosus A. Adams, 1855. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404594 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-20 18:45:44Z

created

Houart, Roland

2013-11-03 08:36:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-07-22 03:15:01Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description (of Murex (Pteronotus) speciosus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1855) 23: 119-124., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748012
page(s): 121 [details]