WoRMS name details
Murex (Murex) pecten [Lightfoot], 1786
215663 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215663)
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Species
Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Murex Linnaeus, 1758
- Subspecies Murex (Murex) pecten pecten [Lightfoot], 1786 represented as Murex pecten pecten [Lightfoot], 1786
- Subspecies Murex (Murex) pecten soelae Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988 represented as Murex pecten soelae Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988 accepted as Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786
marine
(of Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
Description Solid, yellowish shell, up to 15 cm, with a long siphonal canal and numerous long, slightly curved spines. Habitat:...
Description Solid, yellowish shell, up to 15 cm, with a long siphonal canal and numerous long, slightly curved spines. Habitat: shallow soft substrata. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex (Murex) pecten [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215663 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of <i>Murex</i> s.s. and <i>Haustellum</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8: 1-160., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/ponder-and-vokes-1988-rec-aust-mus-suppl-8-1160/ [details]
basis of record Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of <i>Murex</i> s.s. and <i>Haustellum</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8: 1-160., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/ponder-and-vokes-1988-rec-aust-mus-suppl-8-1160/ [details]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Solid, yellowish shell, up to 15 cm, with a long siphonal canal and numerous long, slightly curved spines. Habitat: shallow soft substrata. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
