WoRMS taxon details
Muricanthus callidinus S. S. Berry, 1958
406199 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406199)
accepted
Species
Murex nitidus Broderip, 1833 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex nitidus Pilkington, 1804
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Berry, S. S. (1958). Notices of new Eastern Pacific Mollusca.-II. <em>Leaflets in Malacology.</em> 1 (15): 83-90.
page(s): 84 [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
Type locality contained in Costa Rican part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Costa Rican part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]
Distribution Guatemala to Costa Rica to off Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes Province, Peru.
Distribution Guatemala to Costa Rica to off Puerto Pizarro, Tumbes Province, Peru. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricanthus callidinus S. S. Berry, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406199 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Berry, S. S. (1958). Notices of new Eastern Pacific Mollusca.-II. <em>Leaflets in Malacology.</em> 1 (15): 83-90.
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Murex nitidus Broderip, 1833) 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): 176 [details]
page(s): 84 [details]
original description (of Murex nitidus Broderip, 1833) 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): 176 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of <i>Muricanthus</i> Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to <i>Hexaplex</i> s.s. Perry, 1810, <i>Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis)</i> Cossmann, 1921 and <i>Phyllonotus</i> Swainson, 1833. <em>Novapex.</em> 22(1-2): 25-42.
page(s): 28, figs 2E, 3, 5A-D,7A-E,G-O [details]
page(s): 28, figs 2E, 3, 5A-D,7A-E,G-O [details]
Other
additional source
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
note: treated as synonym of M. ambiguus [details]
additional source Hertz, C.M. (1999). Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised. <em>The Festivus.</em> 31, supplement: 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53253404
page(s): 15, fig. 23; note: holotype illustrated [details] Available for editors
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note: treated as synonym of M. ambiguus [details]
additional source Hertz, C.M. (1999). Illustration of the types named by S. Stillman Berry in his "Leaflets in Malacology" revised. <em>The Festivus.</em> 31, supplement: 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53253404
page(s): 15, fig. 23; note: holotype illustrated [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
