MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Murex alatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863
page(s): part 65 fig. 51 [details]
original description
(of Murex bipunctatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1879) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1879). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 4 (33-34): 1-55, pls 380-403. London. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15937022 [details]
original description
(of Murex triformis Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [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): 139 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality