Murex brevifronsLamarck, 1822b, p. 161, [Martini 1777, pl. 103, fig. 983; pl. 104, figs. 984-986] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: l'Océan américain Range: 24.6°N to 6°S; 83.3°W to 37°W Depth: 0 to 83 m (live 2 to 73 m) Maximum Reported Size: 155 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Nicaragua, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao; Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Carabobo, Sucre, Isla Margarita; Cuba: Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix; Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; French Guiana, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte References: Dautzenberg (1900); Clench & Pérez Farfante (1945) N; Bullis (1964) L; Altena (1975) d; Princz (1978b); Cosel (1986) l; Sunderland & Sunderland (1995a); Petuch (1998a) W; Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Murex approximatusSowerby II, 1879, p. 13, pl. 386, fig. 62 [Synonym] Type Locality: Red Sea; Indian Ocean [in error]
Murex calcitrapaLamarck, 1822b, p. 162, [Martini, 1777, pl. 103, fig. 982] [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Maximum Reported Size: 96 mm References: Lamarck (1822b) M Comments: Non Lamarck, 1803.
Murex cornucervi auct. non Röding, 1798, [Not available] Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe, Martinique Comments: Misidentification by Arango (1880).
Triplex cornutaG. Perry, 1811a, pl. 7, fig. 3 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown References: E. H. Vokes (1971) s Comments: Declared a nomen oblitum by Petit (2003) under ICZN Article 23.9.2, with the junior synonym Chicoreus brevifrons becoming a nomen protectum.
Murex spectrum var. incertumUsticke, 1969, p. 15, pl. 3, fig. 665 [Synonym] Type Locality: [South of] Barbados, 25 ft [locality of lectotype according to Boyko & Cordeiro 2001] Range: 13.2°N ; 59.6°W Depth: 8 m Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm Distribution: Barbados References: Usticke (1969) dNSEWM; Usticke (1971) T; E. H. Vokes (1990) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) Comments: Also treated as a species and a subspecies by Usticke, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).
Murex pudoricolorReeve, 1845c, pl. 33, fig. 171 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: St. Thomas, West Indies Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas References: E. H. Vokes (1965) s? Comments: Rejected as nomen oblitum by E. H. Vokes (1965:190).
Murex purpuratusReeve, 1846b, pl. 35, fig. 183 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown
Murex toupiolleiBernardi, 1860, p. 211, pl. 4, fig. 5 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Maximum Reported Size: 80 mm References: Bernardi (1860) M
Partial List of References
Bernardi. 1860. Description d'especès nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 8 211-212, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Apr 1960.] 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.] Perry, G. 1811. Conchology iv + 5 pp., 61 pls. William Miller: London. Reeve, L. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 1-34 Reeve, L. 1846. Monograph of the genus Murex Conchologia Iconica 3 pls. 35-36 Sowerby, G. B., II. 1879. Monograph of the genus Murex, Linnaeus Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 1-55, pls. 380-403 Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix 32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]
