WoRMS taxon details
Favartia minatauros Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976
738145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738145)
accepted
Species
Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex obtusus G.B. Sowerby, 1879; Favartia minatauros is a replacement name
Murex obtusus G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 · unaccepted
marine
Radwin, G. E.; d'Attilio, A. (1976). Murex shells of the World: An illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford University Press. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Favartia minatauros Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738145 on 2025-04-02
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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. [details]
original description (of Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Descriptions of twelve new species, chiefly from Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(2): 41-44, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167324
page(s): 41, pl. 4 fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 93 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 310, pl. 71 figs 5-7 [details]
original description (of Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) Sowerby, G. B. III. (1894). Descriptions of twelve new species, chiefly from Mauritius. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 1(2): 41-44, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15167324
page(s): 41, pl. 4 fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 93 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 310, pl. 71 figs 5-7 [details]





To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1894; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00017) (from synonym Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
To Malacopics (Favartia minatauros Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Réunion, collected March 1987, ex coll...
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus G. B. Sowerby 3rd, 1894; Holotype; NMW.1955.158.00017) (from synonym Murex (Ocinebra) obtusus G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)
To Malacopics (Favartia minatauros Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976 Réunion, collected March 1987, ex coll...