Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Murex trapa Röding, 1798
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Synonymy

Murex trapa Röding, 1798
Murex rarispina Lamarck, 1822

Details

Murex trapa Röding, 1798, p. 45, [Martini, 1777, pl. 113, figs. 1055-1056]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated

Murex rarispina Lamarck, 1822b, p. 158, [Martini, 1777, pl. 113, fig. 1056]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Saint-Domingue [Tranquebar, India, by lectotype designation of Ponder & Vokes (1988)]
References: Ponder & Vokes (1988) sT
Comments: Lamarck's specimen was Siratus antillarum, but he cited the same figure as did Röding (1798) for M. trapa.

Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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