WoRMS taxon details
Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
404863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404863)
accepted
Species
marine
Radwin, G. E.; d'Attilio, A. (1976). Murex shells of the World: An illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford University Press.
page(s): 223, textfigs 166-167, pl. 1 fig. 9 [details]
page(s): 223, textfigs 166-167, pl. 1 fig. 9 [details]
Type locality contained in Brazil
type locality contained in Brazil [details]
Etymology Named for the European malacologist, Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch (1828-1878).
Etymology Named for the European malacologist, Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch (1828-1878). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aspella morchi Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404863 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Radwin, G. E.; d'Attilio, A. (1976). Murex shells of the World: An illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford University Press.
page(s): 223, textfigs 166-167, pl. 1 fig. 9 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 208 [details]
page(s): 223, textfigs 166-167, pl. 1 fig. 9 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 208 [details]
Other
additional source
Houart, R. (1991). The southeastern Brazilian Muricidae collected by RV <i>Marion-Dufresne</i> in 1987, with the description of three new species. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 105(1): 26-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271052
page(s): 27, figs. 9-10, 29 [details]
page(s): 27, figs. 9-10, 29 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the European malacologist, Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch (1828-1878). [details]
