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Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758

403709  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403709)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Neogastropoda (Order)
  7. Muricoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Muricidae (Family)
  9. Muricinae (Subfamily)
  10. Murex (Genus)
  11. Murex erinaceus (Species)
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  1. Forma Murex erinaceus f. amirrus De Gregorio, 1885 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Variety Murex erinaceus var. candida Dautzenberg, 1894 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  3. Variety Murex erinaceus var. conspersa Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Variety Murex erinaceus var. depauperata Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  5. Variety Murex erinaceus var. fasciata Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Variety Murex erinaceus var. fusca Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Variety Murex erinaceus var. major (Dautzenberg, 1920) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  8. Variety Murex erinaceus var. melanostoma Jeffreys, 1869 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  9. Variety Murex erinaceus var. mutica Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1913 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  10. Variety Murex erinaceus var. sculpta Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  11. Variety Murex erinaceus var. thersites (Coen, 1933) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  12. Variety Murex erinaceus var. triquetra (Coen, 1933) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  13. Variety Murex erinaceus var. venetiana (Coen, 1933) accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  14. Variety Murex erinaceus var. viriditincta Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1925 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 886: specific name of type species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847  
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 886: specific name of type species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex erinaceus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403709 on 2025-05-13
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2009-06-16 01:05:10Z
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Houart, Roland
2010-02-17 17:28:02Z
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Houart, Roland
2024-03-06 20:51:58Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 743 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Middendorff T. A. von. (1849). Beiträge zur einer Malacozoologica Rossica, II. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der zur Meeresfauna Russlands gehörigen Einschaler. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St-Petersbourg, sixième série, Sciences naturelles. 6: 329-516, pl. 1-11., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29015189
page(s): 450 [details] 

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Nomenclature ICZN opinion 886: specific name of type species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 [details]
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