WoRMS name details
Murex pulcher consuela A. H. Verrill, 1950
404721 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404721)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Subspecies
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.H. (1950). New subspecies from the West Indies. <em>Conchological Club of Southern California, Minutes.</em> 101: 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46976390
page(s): 6-7, textfig. [details]
page(s): 6-7, textfig. [details]
Type locality contained in Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Dominican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex pulcher consuela A. H. Verrill, 1950. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404721 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A.H. (1950). New subspecies from the West Indies. <em>Conchological Club of Southern California, Minutes.</em> 101: 6-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46976390
page(s): 6-7, textfig. [details]
page(s): 6-7, textfig. [details]
Other
additional source
Vokes, E.H. (1971) Catalogue of the genus Murex Linné (Mollusca: Gastropoda); Muricinae, Ocenebrinae. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 61, 1–141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10584582
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment originally named Murex pulcher consuela, but stated to be named after a female. Gender correction was challenged by Vokes, 1971, but is conserved under Art. 33.2.3.1 [details]
