MolluscaBase - Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791

WoRMS name details

Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791

AphiaID

398728 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398728)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex plicatus Lightfoot, 1786)

Accepted Name

Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)

Rank

Species

Parent

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

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. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398728 on 2025-04-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-10 18:20:56Z

created

Houart, Roland

2013-11-03 18:30:24Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-12-11 17:38:35Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Notes (1)

Nomenclature

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. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Other

subsequent type designation Houart, R. (2017). Description of eight new species and one new genus of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex. 18 (4): 81-103.
note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors

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Unreviewed

Remark ref. to Chemnitz, figs 1141, 1142 (not M. plicatus Lightfoot, 1786) [details]