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: : Tonnoidea: Ranellidae

Gyrineum gyrinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Synonymy

Murex gyrinus Linnaeus, 1758
Biplex variegata G. Perry, 1811

Details

Murex gyrinus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 748, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: in M[are] Mediterraneo

Biplex variegata G. Perry, 1811a, pl. 5, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West India Islands [in error]
References: Beu (1998) s; Petit (2003)
Comments: Mislocalized Gyrineum gyrinum from the Indo-Pacific.

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Perry, G. 1811. Conchology iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London.

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