WoRMS name details
Murex medicago R. B. Watson, 1897
404340 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404340)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 242-243 [details]
page(s): 242-243 [details]
Type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Ponta de São Lourenço and Magdalena, Madeira;...
type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Ponta de São Lourenço and Magdalena, Madeira; Selvagen Grande [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex medicago R. B. Watson, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404340 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Watson, R. B. (1897). On the marine Mollusca of Madeira; with descriptions of thirty-five new species, and an index-list of all the known sea-dwelling species of that island. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 26(19): 233-329, pl. 19-20., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31882661
page(s): 242-243 [details]
page(s): 242-243 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 80, 246, pl. 39 figs 10a-b: syntype illustrated [details]
page(s): 80, 246, pl. 39 figs 10a-b: syntype illustrated [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Ponta de São Lourenço and Magdalena, Madeira; Selvagen Grande [details]
