WoRMS name details
Murex mundus Reeve, 1849
404640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404640)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
Murex exiguus Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex exiguus Broderip, 1833; M. mundus is a replacement name
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex mundus Reeve, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404640 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [details]
Other
additional source
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): pl. 77 figs 10a-b: lectotype illustrated [details]
page(s): pl. 77 figs 10a-b: lectotype illustrated [details]
Unreviewed
Remark (Murex) errata, pl.32, fig. 166 (n.n. for Murex exiguus Reeve, 1845) [details]
