MolluscaBase taxon details
Crassilabrum crassilabrum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
404382 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404382)
accepted
Species
Murex crassilabrum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834 · unaccepted (original combination)
Murex labiosus J. E. Gray, 1828 · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Murex labiosus Wood, 1828)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Murex crassilabrum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): pl. 59 fig. 14; note: name attributed by Sowerby to Gray [details]
page(s): pl. 59 fig. 14; note: name attributed by Sowerby to Gray [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Crassilabrum crassilabrum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404382 on 2026-06-25
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Murex crassilabrum G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): pl. 59 fig. 14; note: name attributed by Sowerby to Gray [details]
original description (of Murex labiosus J. E. Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 4, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 31, textfig. 6E, pl. 13H-Q [details]
additional source Nielsen, S. N. (2013). A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer.</em> 87: 33-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0146-0
page(s): 46, fig. 5o-t; note: Pliocene fossils [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source DeVries, T. J. (2005). Late Cenozoic Muricidae from Peru: seven new species and a biogeographic summary. <em>The Veliger.</em> 47(4): 277-293.
page(s): 283, fig. 27-35; note: fossil record [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Romero, M. S. & Valdebenito, E. L. (2002). Larvas veliger de gastrópodos Prosobranchia provenientes de Punta de Lobos, Cuarta Región, Chile. <em>Revista Chilena de Historia Natural.</em> 75: 491-514., available online at https://doi.org/10.4067/s0716-078x2002000300003 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): pl. 59 fig. 14; note: name attributed by Sowerby to Gray [details]
original description (of Murex labiosus J. E. Gray, 1828) Gray, J. E. (1828-1830). <i>Spicilegia zoologica; or, original figures and short systematic descriptions of new and unfigured animals</i>. Treüttel, Würtz & Co. & Wood. Parts I & II: part I, 1–8, pls. 1–6 (1 July 1828); part II, 9–12, pls. 7–11 (August 1830). , available online at https://archive.org/details/b22007556/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 4, pl. 6 fig. 9. [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 31, textfig. 6E, pl. 13H-Q [details]
additional source Nielsen, S. N. (2013). A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer.</em> 87: 33-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0146-0
page(s): 46, fig. 5o-t; note: Pliocene fossils [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source DeVries, T. J. (2005). Late Cenozoic Muricidae from Peru: seven new species and a biogeographic summary. <em>The Veliger.</em> 47(4): 277-293.
page(s): 283, fig. 27-35; note: fossil record [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Romero, M. S. & Valdebenito, E. L. (2002). Larvas veliger de gastrópodos Prosobranchia provenientes de Punta de Lobos, Cuarta Región, Chile. <em>Revista Chilena de Historia Natural.</em> 75: 491-514., available online at https://doi.org/10.4067/s0716-078x2002000300003 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype OSU 37544, geounit Peru [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Murex labiosus J. E. Gray, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Conchology (Crassilabrum crassilabrum)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Crassilabrum crassilabrum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Chile, Tarapacá, Arica, ex coll....
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crassilabrum crassilabrum (1) 46724)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crassilabrum crassilabrum (2) 46724)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Conchology (Crassilabrum crassilabrum)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Crassilabrum crassilabrum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Chile, Tarapacá, Arica, ex coll....
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crassilabrum crassilabrum (1) 46724)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Crassilabrum crassilabrum (2) 46724)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
