WoRMS name details
Murex tetragonus Broderip, 1833
404869 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404869)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine
Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex tetragonus Broderip, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404869 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 174 [details]
page(s): 174 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
D'Attilio, A. & Myers, B. W. (1986). <i>Favartia brevicula</i> (Sowerby, 1834) and two new species of <i>Favartia</i> from the western Pacific (Gastropoda: Muricidae). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 100(2): 78-84, figs. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8277306
page(s): 80; note: treated as nomen dubium [details]
page(s): 80; note: treated as nomen dubium [details]
