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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Muricinae

Hexaplex fulvescens (Sowerby II, 1834)


Range: 35°N to 20°N; 97°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 to 79 m (live 0 to 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 185  mm

Synonymy

Hexaplex punctuata G. Perry, 1811
Murex fulvescens Sowerby II, 1834
Muricanthus fulvescens (Sowerby II, 1834) 
Murex spinocosta Kiener, 1842
Murex pudicus auct. non Reeve, 1845
Murex burryi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945

Details


Murex fulvescens Sowerby II, 1834d, pl. 62, fig. 30
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 35°N to 20°N; 97°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 to 79 m (live 0 to 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 185 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Campeche State
References: Porter (1974) dl
Combining Genera:  Muricanthus

Murex (Poirieria) burryi Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945, p. 47, pl. 24, figs. 1-3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Fort Walton, Florida
Range: 30.4°N ; 86.6°W
Depth: 35 to 24 m
Maximum Reported Size: 26.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) DdNSEWM

Murex pudicus auct. non Reeve, 1845, 
[Not available]
References: E. H. Vokes (1990b) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Hexaplex punctuata G. Perry, 1811a,  pl. 8, fig. 5
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: E. H. Vokes (1971) s
Comments: Has priority if the synonymy is correct, but precedence might be reversed if conditions of ICZN Article 23.9 apply. Considered a nomen dubium by Petit (2003).

Murex spinacosta sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for spinocosta by Kurtz (1860).

Murex spinicosta sic, 
[Not available]
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida
References: Kiener (1843); Calkins (1878) SW; C. W. Johnson (1890) N; Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) s
Comments: Error for spinocosta by Kiener (1843).

Murex spinicostatus sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for spinocosta by Reeve (1845c).

Murex spinocosta Kiener, 1842a, p. [Kiener 1843, pp. 49-50], pl. 41, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Valenciennes MS
Type Locality: Mers de la Caroline Sud
Range: 29.9°N to 25°N; 81.3°W
Distribution: USA: South Carolina
Comments: Spelled 'spinocosta' on plate in 1842; 'spinicosta' in text in 1843; non Murex spinicosta Bronn, 1828.


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. and I. Pérez Farfante. 1945. The genus Murex in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(17) 1-58. [Stated date: 29 May 1945.]
Kiener, L. C. 1842. Genre Rocher. (Murex, Lin.) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 7 47 pls.
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology  iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1834. Murex Conchological Illustrations pls. 62-63 [True date: 30 Jun 1834.]

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