WoRMS name details
Murex fontainei Tryon, 1880
404456 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404456)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tryon, G. W. (1880). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 2: Muricinae, Purpurinae. pp 1-289, pls 1-70. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 2-4, 6-8, Jan. 2, 1880; pp. 65-128, pls 1, 5, 9-29, Mar. 31, 1880; pp. 129-192, pls 30-59, Jul. 6, 1880; pp. 193-289, pls 60-70, Oct. 25, 1880]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11041516
page(s): 126, pl. 35 figs 384-385 [details]
page(s): 126, pl. 35 figs 384-385 [details]
Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex fontainei Tryon, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404456 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Tryon, G. W. (1880). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 2: Muricinae, Purpurinae. pp 1-289, pls 1-70. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 2-4, 6-8, Jan. 2, 1880; pp. 65-128, pls 1, 5, 9-29, Mar. 31, 1880; pp. 129-192, pls 30-59, Jul. 6, 1880; pp. 193-289, pls 60-70, Oct. 25, 1880]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11041516
page(s): 126, pl. 35 figs 384-385 [details]
page(s): 126, pl. 35 figs 384-385 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark n.n.for monoceros Orbigny, not Sowerby [details]
