original description
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
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From editor or global species database
Homonymy Lamarck (1822), acting as first reviser, gave Murex tuba Gmelin, 1791 priority over Buccinum tuba Gmelin, 1791. He classified M. tuba as Pyrula tuba and placed the B. tuba of Gmelin in synonymy of his newly established Pyrula elongata. [details]