MolluscaBase - Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)

WoRMS name details

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

408819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:408819)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Muricopsis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Muricopsis (Muricopsis) Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882 accepted as Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882

Original name

Murex fusiformis Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Muricopsis (Risomurex) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted

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Subspecies Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Muricopsis fusiformis fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791)
Subspecies Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990 accepted as Muricopsis fusiformis punctata Houart, 1990

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Murex fusiformis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3546 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricopsis (Muricopsis) fusiformis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408819 on 2025-05-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-07-11 11:35:07Z

created

Houart, Roland

2013-11-23 13:22:04Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-05-28 10:10:08Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Documented distribution (1)

Nomenclature

original description (of Murex fusiformis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3546 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality