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

Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Synonymy

Murex brunneus Link, 1807
Murex despectus A. Adams, 1854

Details

Murex brunneus Link, 1807,
[Basis of the current name]

Murex despectus A. Adams, 1854c, p. 72
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West Indies [in error]
References: E. H. Vokes (1971) s
Comments: Mislocalized Chicoreus brunneus from the Indo-Pacific.

Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 21 69-74.

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