MURICIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 646-649

Family MURICIDAE Rafinesque, 1815

Concholepa –Deshayes, 1830a-EncyMeth: 256. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Concholepas Lamarck, 1801 .

Murula – Deshayes, 1832-EncyMeth: 588. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Morula Schumacher, 1817 .

Purpurea – Deshayes, 1844d: 2, pl. 85. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Purpura Bruguière, 1789 .

aculeata , Purpura – Deshayes, 1844: 104-105, ex Regenfuss ms. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. The western Indo-Pacific Thalessa aculeata (Deshayes, 1844) ( Wilson 1994: 48, pl. 4, figs 12a-b, as Thais ; Houart, in Poppe 2008b: 216, pl. 403, figs 4-5, as Thais ; Tsuchiya, in Okutani 2017: 961, pl. 253, fig. 12, as “Deshayes & Milne-Edwards”; Claremont et al. 2012: 94; Poppe 2018: 132). — Current status: Tylothais aculeata (Deshayes, 1844) ( Boutet et al. 2020: 382) .

albomarginata , Purpura – Deshayes, 1839d: 360; 1841: 2, pl. 44; 1844-HistNatAnim2: 95-96. — Type locality: New Zealand; Jeannelle collection. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-1066, lectotype; MNHN-IM-2000-824, 10 paralectotypes. — Current status: Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839) ( Powell 1979: 180, pl. 36, fig. 4, as a subspecies of Lepsiella scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (B. Marshall, pers. comm., June 26, 2020).

atromarginata, Purpura – Deshayes, 1844-HistNatAnim10: 91-92. Unjustified emendation of Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832 . The Indo-Pacific Neothais marginatra ( Blainville, 1832) .

aturi , Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 330. New species based on Murex calcitrapoides Lamarck, 1822 , sensu Grateloup, 1845, non Lamarck, 1822. — Type locality: Saint-Paul-lès-Dax. — Type age: Miocene. — Current status: Acanthotrophon aturi (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle et al. 2022: 99, pl. 50, figs 4-9).

auversiensis , Murex – Deshayes,1865-DescrCoqFoss: 322, 87, pl. 87, figs 13-15. — Type locality: Auvers-sur-Oise. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 33143, 33145-33150, syntypes. Muricopsis auversiensis (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Jsowerbya auversiensis (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle 2005: 510-511, figs 3-4).

bernayi , Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 322-323, 87, pl. 87, figs 16-17. — Type locality: Chaussy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Muricopsis bernayi (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114; Pacaud 2008: 63). — Current status: Textiliomurex bernayi (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle et al. 2011: 125, pl. 94, figs 3-5).

bicostatus , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 602-603, 43, pl. 81, figs 28-30; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 319-320. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 33437, holotype. Ocinebrina bicostata (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Paleochicoreus bicostatus (Deshayes, 1835) ( Merle et al. 2024: 515) .

blainvillei , Purpura –Deshayes, 1844-HistNatAnim2: 93-94. —Type locality: Peru. — Type age: Recent. New species based on Purpura callaoensis J. E. Gray, 1828 , of Blainville (1832: 242) and Kiener, 1836 (99-100, pl. 26, fig. 71). — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-50, 3 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Stramonita delessertiana (d’Orbigny, 1841) [ Purpura ] ( Keen 1971: 550-552, fig. 1078).

blosvillei , Fusus – Deshayes, 1832-EncyMeth: 155; 1843-HistNatAnim2: 473-473; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 668-669; 1844d: 2, pl. 85; 2, pl. 85, replacement pages, as Purpurea . — Type locality: Ceylon; Mr. Blosville, La Chevrette. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-6468, 2 syntypes. Lataxiena blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832) ( Wilson 1994: 22, pl. 5, fig. 27a-b; Houart et al. 2019: 50; Snyder 2022: 37-38). — Current status: Bedeva blosvillei (Deshayes, 1832) (Houart, in Poppe 2008b: 198, pl. 394, fig. 10; Poppe 2018: 131).

buccinea , Purpura – Deshayes, 1844-HistNatAnim2: 92-93. — Type locality: New Guinea. — Type age: Recent. Unnecessary replacement name for Purpura striata “Bruguière ” [actually Blainville], non Purpura striata (Martyn, 1784) [ Buccinum ], but with only a few exceptions, Martyn’s names are unavailable (ICZN Opinions 456 & 479, 1957a-b; Opinion 1662, 1992), and this is not one of them. — Current status: synonym of Taurasia striata ( Blainville, 1832) [ Purpura ] ( Raven 2016: 82-86, pl. 1, figs 2-3, pl. 2, figs 1-14, text-fig. 1, table 1).

caillati , Murex – Deshayes,1865-DescrCoqFoss: 316-317, 87, pl. 87, figs 24-26. — Type locality: Thiverval-Grignon. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32782, holotype. Ponderia caillati (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard 1992: 6; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114; Pacaud 2008: 63).

chapuisi , Murex – Deshayes,1865-DescrCoqFoss: 88, pl. 88, figs 1-3 [not in text]. — Type locality: none given. Eocene (Ypresian). Muricopsis plicatilis chapuisi (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: synonym of Nucellopsis plicatilis (Deshayes, 1835) ( Merle 2005: 181) .

chrysostoma , Purpura – Deshayes, 1844d: 2, pl. 86. — Type locality: Red Sea. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN- IM-2000-1029, 5 syntypes. — Current status: Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) ( Houart et al. 2019: 50) .

coronarius, Typhis – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 335-336, 88, as Typhis coronatus , pl. 88, figs 11-13. — Type localities: Cuise-la-Motte & Laon. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Type species (OD) of Laevityphis Cossmann, 1903 . Synonym of Typhis muticus J. Sowerby, 1834 (Radwin & D’Attilio 1976: 195). — Current status: Laevityphis muticus (J. Sowerby, 1834) ( Houart et al. 2021: 141, fig. 20H-I).

coronatus , Typhus – see previous entry.

crassicostatus , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 601-602, 43, pl. 82, figs 13-14; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 318. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type species ( OD) of Lyropurpura Jousseaume, 1880. — Current status: Vitularia ( Lyropurpura) crassicostata (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) .

cumingii , Leptoconchus – Deshayes, 1863: 125-126, pl. 12, figs 26- 27. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Type material:MNHN-IM-2000-127, 2 syntypes. Synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 (G. B. Sowerby III 1919; Wilson, 1994: 19). — Current status: Leptoconchus cumingii Deshayes, 1863 ( Massin 1982: 14); taxon inquirendum (MolluscaBase).

cuvieri , Concholepas –Deshayes, 1853-TraitElem: 70, pl. 117, figs 12- 13. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: juvenile of the Chilean Concholepas concholepas (Bruguière, 1789) [ Buccinum ] (MolluscaBase).

cuvieri , Leptoconchus –Deshayes, 1863: 128-129, pl. 13, figs 6-7. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. Synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 ( Wilson, 1994: 19). — Current status: Leptoconchus cuvieri Deshayes, 1863 ( Massin 1982: 14).

denudatus , Murex –Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 601, 43, pl. 81, figs 4-6; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 319. UCBL-EM32343, syntype. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32343, syntype. Muricopsis denudata (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Pterynotus ( Pterymarchia) denudatus (Deshayes, 1835) ( Merle et al. 2011: 124, pl. 89, figs 2-6).

depauperatus , Murex – Deshayes,1865-DescrCoqFoss: 331-332, 87, pl. 87, figs 18-20. — Type locality: Auvers-sur-Oise. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 33151, syntype. Muricopsis depauperata (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Jsowerbya depauperata (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle 2005: 511, figs 5-7).

deslongchampsi , Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 321, 86, pl. 86, figs 16-17. — Type locality: Caumont. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32776, holotype. Poirieria ( Paziella) deslongchampsi (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Textiliomurex deslongchampsi (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle et al. 2011: 127, pl. 94, fig. 7).

distans , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 592-593, 43, pl. 81, figs 24-25; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 318-319. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32344, syntypes. Favartia (? Murexiella ) distans (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Type species (OD) of Propefavartia Merle , in Merle et al., 2022. — Current status: Propefavartia distans (Deshayes, 1835) ( Merle et al. 2022: 105, pl. 54, figs 1-6).

distortus, Murex –Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 599-600, 43, pl. 82, figs 15-16, non Brocchi, 1814; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 318. — Type locality: Beynes. Eocene (Lutetian). Synonym of Pterynotus tripteroides (Lamarck, 1822) [ Murex ] (Pacaud 2007: 46). Murex subdistortus d’Orbigny, 1850b (d’Orbigny 1850b: 364, no. 532), was an unnecessary replacement name. — Current status: Timbellus tripteroides (Lamarck, 1822) ( Merle et al. 2011: 130; Pacaud et al., 2017: 61).

emarginata , Purpura –Deshayes, 1839d: 360;1841: 2, pl.25;1844-HistNatAnim2: 94-95. — Type locality: “ New Zealand ” [San Miguel Island, California]; Mr. Chiron. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-96, lectotype;MNHN-IM-2000-827, paralectotype ( Marko et al. 2003: 78-79, fig. 1A-D). — Current status: the Californian Nucella emarginata (Deshayes, 1839) ( McLean 2007: 742) .

flexuosus, Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 326-327, 88, pl. 88, figs 4-5. — Type locality: Cuise-la-Motte. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian).— Type material: UCBL-EM 989, syntype. Poirieria ( Flexopteron) flexuosa (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Paziella ( Flexopteron) flexuosa (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle et al. 2011: 167, pl. 135, figs 7-9).

fraterculus , Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 324. — Type localities: Parnes, Thiverval-Grignon & Chambors. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Poirieria ( Flexopteron) foliacea [Melleville, 1843] fraterculus (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . Paziella fraterculus (Deshayes, 1865) ( Pacaud 2008: 63) . — Current status: Paziella ( Flexopteron) foliacea fraterculus (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle et al. 2011: 167, pl. 136, figs 9-10).

freycinetii , Purpura – Deshayes, 1839d: 360; 1841: 2, pl. 26; 1844-HistNatAnim2: 108-109. — Type locality: Kamchatka. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-83, 3 syntypes. NHMUK 20020235, 3 possible syntypes. — Current status: Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839) ( Kantor & Sysoev 2005: 115; Tsuchiya, in Okutani 2017: 960, pl. 252, fig. 10).

fusoides , Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 315, 87, pl. 87, figs 11-12. — Type localities: Caumont & Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: lectotype UCBL-EM 33384 (from Valmondois) designated by Merle et al. (2024: 516); paralectotypes: UCBL-EM 33383 ( 2 specimens from Caumont). Pterynotus ( Pterynotus) fusoides (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Timbellus fusoides (Deshayes, 1865) nomen dubium .

jucundus , Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 325-326, 87, as Murex “ formosus ”, pl. 87, figs 21-23. — Type locality: Chaussy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Apixystus jucundus (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Gemixystus jucundus (Deshayes, 1865) ( Pacaud 2008: 63) .

kienerii, Purpura –Deshayes, 1844-HistNatAnim2: 64, 101-102. — Type locality: “ Martinique ” [actually Australia]. — Type age: Recent. Synonym of Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822) [ Purpura ] (R. Houart pers. comm., March, 20 2020).

lamarckii, Leptocochus – see next entry.

lamarkii, Leptoconchus –Deshayes, 1863: 127-128, pl. 12, figs 1-3, as L. lamarckii . — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-982, 5 syntypes. Name should be corrected to L. lamarckii (ICZN Code Art. 32.5). — Type species (OD) of Magilopsis G. B. Sowerby III, 1919 , now regarded as a synonym of Leptoconchus Rüppell, 1835 . Magilus lamarckii (Deshayes, 1863) (Tsuchiya, in Okutani 2017: 972, pl. 266, fig. 10). — Current status: Leptoconchus lamarckii Deshayes, 1863 ( Massin 1982: 16-17; Severns 2011: 278, pl. 122, fig. 4; Boutet et al. 2020: 388).

laceratum, Murex – Deshayes, 1856d: 79-81, pl. 3, figs 3-4; 1857: 419. — Type locality: Algeria; Deshayes coll. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of Babelomurex cariniferus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) [ Murex ] (MolluscaBase).

leucostoma, Purpura –Deshayes, 1863: 116-117, pl.12, fig.23. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent.— Type material: MNHN- IM-2000-967, 12 syntypes.—Currentstatus:synonymof Usillaavenacea (Lesson, 1842) [ Purpura ] (R. Houart pers. comm., March 27, 2020).

macropterus , Murex –Deshayes, 1839d: 360;1841: 2, pl. 38;1843-HistNatAnim2: 606-607;1843-HistNatAnim3: 715. In 1839b, Deshayes cited his plate, but it did not appear until 1841. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent.— Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-211, 2 syntypes. — Type species (OD) of Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880 . — Current status: the Californian Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839) ( Emerson 1964; Houart & Hendricks 2020: 30).

maillardi , Leptoconchus – Deshayes , 1863: 124-125, pl. 12, figs 28- 20. —Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age:Recent.— Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-206, syntype.— Currentstatus: Leptoconchusmaillardi Deshayes, 1863 ( Massin 1982: 17) ; taxon inquirendum (MolluscaBase).

micropterus , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 596-597, 43, pl. 82, figs 3-4; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 316. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM32347, syntypes. Pterynotus ( Pterynotus) micropterus (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114; Pacaud 2008: 63). — Current status: Timbellus micropterus (Deshayes, 1835) ( Merle et al. 2011: 135, pl. 102, figs 1-5; Pacaud et al. 2017: 61). minutus , Fusus – Deshayes, 1835b: 173-174, pl. 19, figs 31-33, non Röding, 1798, nec Lamarck, 1803, nec T. Brown, 1827; 1843-HistNatAnim2: 474; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 669. — Type locality: Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece. — Type age: Recent. Probable synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822) [ Murex ] ( Snyder 2022: 131). Crocetta et al. (2012) incorrectly assumed that Deshayes was referencing Lamarck’s 1803 Eocene species.

multistriatus , Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 332, 88, pl. 88, figs 8-10. — Type locality: Noailles. — Type age: Paleocene (Thanetian). — Current status: synonym of Lyrofusus angusticostatus (Melleville, 1843) [ Fusus ] ( Merle et al. 2024).

pauperculus , Fusus – Deshayes, 1833d: 66, pl. 65, figs 15-17. — Type locality: northern Red Sea. — Type age: Recent. E. Lamy (1927: 380) noted that previous authors had doubtfully compared it with Fusus strigatus Philippi, 1850 , and with F. tuberculatus Lamarck, 1822 . Tomlin & Salisbury (1928: 33) stated that this was “A Murex , but hardly determinable”, which Snyder (2006: 158, 275) followed. If this species is a “ Murex ”, it would be a secondary senior homonym of Murex pauperculus C. B. Adams, 1850 , a widely cited Caribbean species now placed in Dermomurex . — Current status: Deshayes’ name has not been used as an available species and is here regarded as a nomen dubium , as agreed by Lyons & Snyder (2019: 12).

plicatilis , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 588, 43, pl. 81, figs 16-21 [figs 16-18 not cited in text]; 1837-DescrCoqFoss: 813 [correction made]; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 330-331– Type localities: Retheuil & Cuise-la-Motte. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Type species (OD) of Nucellopsis Merle, 2005 . Muricopsis plicatilis (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Nucellopsis plicatilis (Deshayes, 1835) ( Merle 2005: 181) .

purpura, Murex – Deshayes,1843-HistNatAnim2: 595; 1843-HistNatAnim3: 711. Unnecessary replacement name for Murex miliaris Gmelin, 1791 , in a desire to reflect Chemnitz’ unavailable name. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: synonym of the Philippines Vitularia miliaris (Gmelin, 1791) [ Murex ] (E. H. Vokes 1971: 87).

rarisulcatus , Fusus –Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 556, 40, pl. 76, figs 32-34; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 286. — Type locality: Monneville. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Muricopsis rarisulcatus (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114, 115; Snyder 2022: 164). — Current status: Ocinebrina rarisulcata (Deshayes, 1835) ( Merle et al. 2022: 35) .

rudis , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 593-594, 43, pl. 81, figs 1-3, non Borson, 1826; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 321-322. — Type localities: Valmondois & Barton-on-Sea ( England). — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 32341, syntypes from Valmondois. Murex subrudis d’Orbigny, 1850b (d’Orbigny 1850b: 417, no. 1497), replacement name. — Current status: Eofavartia subrudis (d’Orbigny, 1850) (Merle 2002; Pacaud 2007: 46; Merle et al. 2022: 154, pl. 147, figs 1-9).

ruppellii , Leptoconchus – Deshayes, 1863: 126-127 [as ruppelii], 144 [corrected to ruppellii ], pl. 13, figs 4-5. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Type material:MNHN-IM-2000-902, 3 syntypes;MNHN-IM-2000-903, 5 syntypes. Synonym of Magilus antiquus Montfort, 1810 ( Wilson 1994: 19). — Current status: Leptoconchus ruppellii Deshayes, 1863 ( Massin 1982: 19, as L. “ rueppellii ”); taxon inquirendum (MolluscaBase).

savignyi , Purpura – Deshayes, 1844-HistNatAnim2: 112-113, based on Savigny’s figure. — Type locality: Red Sea. — Type age: Recent. — Type material:MNHN-IM-2000-894, syntype (figured by Bouchet & Danrigal 1982: 15, fig. 30). — Type species (OD) of Tylothais Houart, 2017 . — Current status: Tylothais savignyi (Deshayes, 1844) ( Claremont et al. 2012: 94, as Thalessa ; Houart 2017: 92).

serriale , Buccinum –Deshayes, 1833d: 66, pl. 65, figs 32-34. — Type locality: northern Red Sea. — Type age: Recent. Several authors have erroneously spelled the species name as “ serrialis ” (e.g., Lee & Chao 2003: 34, 42, pl. 4, fig. 21). Cernohorsky (1982: 132, fig. 22) designated Deshayes’ illustration as the lectotype of this species. — Current status: Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, in Laborde, 1833) (Houart, in Poppe 2008b: 200, pl. 395, fig. 1; Severns 2011: 280, pl. 123, fig. 8; Tsuchiya, in Okutani 2017: 956, pl. 249, fig. 8; Houart et al. 2019: 50; Boutet et al. 2020: 374), widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific.

spinulosus , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 590-591, 43, pl. 81, figs 13-15; 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 327-328. — Type localities: Monneville & Senlis. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Preoccupies Murex spinulosus O. G. Costa , 1861, which is now considered to be a synonym of Murexsul aradasii (Monterosato, 1863) [ Murex ]. Poirieria ( Flexopteron) spinulosa (Deshayes, 1865) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114) . — Current status: Paziella ( Flexopteron) spinulosa (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle et al. 2011: 167, pl. 138, figs 3-5).

squamigera , Purpura – Deshayes, 1832b: 426-427, 440, 523, pl. 3, figs 10-12; 1844-HistNatAnim2: 103-104. — Type locality: Islands in the Sunda Strait; Bélanger. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-263, 3 syntypes. — Current status: Semiricinula squamigera (Deshayes, 1832) ( Claremont et al. 2012: 94) .

squamosa , Purpura – Deshayes, 1832b: 427-428, 440, 523, pl. 2, figs 6-8, non Lamarck, 1816; 1844-HistNatAnim2: 104, renamed Purpura squamulosa Deshayes, 1844 , non J. E. Gray, 1839. — Type locality: coast of western India; Bélanger. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: missing. — Current status: synonym of Drupella margariticola (Broderip, in Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) [ Murex ] ( Cernohorsky 1982: 116-117, figs 15-18). Concerning the phylogenetic genetic complexities of this species, but without mention of Deshayes’ taxon, see Claremont et al. (2011).

squamulosa , Purpura ; see: squamosa , Purpura sublamellosus , Fusus – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 549-550, 40, pl. 76, figs 22-29 [figs 25-26 not cited in text]; 1843-HistNatAnim2: 500-501;1843-HistNatAnim3: 679;1865-DescrCoqFoss: 275. — Type locality: Monneville. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Trophonopsis sublamellosus (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114; Snyder 2022: 190). — Current status: synonym of Buccinum defossum Pilkington, 1804 , type species of Pseudotrophonopsis Merle, 2024 ( Merle et al. 2024: 540).

tectumsinense, Murex – Deshayes, 1856d: 78-79, pl. 3, figs 1-2; 1857: 419. — Type locality: Algeria; Deshayes coll. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: Babelomurex tectumsinensis (Deshayes, 1856) ( Cossignani & Ardovini 2011: 27, 278; Vazzana 2015: 10, fig. 2; Alf & Haszprunar, in Alf et al. 2020: 203, pl. 168).

tricarinoides , Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 598-599, 43, pl. 82, figs 11-12. — Type localities: Parnes & Mouchy-le-Châtel. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Type material: UCBL-EM 33218, lectotype from Parnes ( Pacaud et al. 2017). Pterynotus ( Pterynotus) tricarinoides (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114; Pacaud 2008: 63; Courville et al. 2012: 66, pl. 6, fig. 5, as Timbellus ). — Current status: synonym of Timbellus crenulatus [Röding, 1798] tricarinatus (Lamarck, 1803) [ Murex ] ( Pacaud et al. 2017: 60, figs 1-2).

tricuspidatus, Murex – Deshayes, 1835-DescrCoqFoss: 600, 43, pl. 81, figs 22-23. — Type locality: Valmondois. — Type age: Eocene (Bartonian). Pterynotus ( Pterynotus) crenulatus [Röding, 1798] tricuspidatus (Deshayes, 1835) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 114). — Current status: synonym of Timbellus crenulatus (Röding, 1798) [ Purpura ] ( Merle et al. 2011: 134, pl. 99, figs 1-5). variabilis , Purpura – Deshayes, 1863: 115-116, pl. 12, fig. 22. — Type locality: La Réunion. — Type age: Recent. — Type material: MNHN-IM-2000-886, 3 syntypes; MNHN-IM-2000-887, 5 syntypes. — Current status: synonym of Usilla avenacea (Lesson, 1842) [ Purpura ] ( Tröndlé & Houart, 1992).

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foliaceus, Murex – Deshayes, 1865-DescrCoqFoss: 324-325, 87, pl. 87, figs 27-30. Made available byMelleville (1843: 115-116 [70, 87], pl. 9, figs 4-6). — Type locality: Mons-en-Laonnois. — Type age: Eocene (Ypresian). — Current status: Paziella (Flexopteron) foliacea fraterculus (Deshayes, 1865) ( Merle et al. 2011: 167, pl. 136, figs 9-10).

globulosus , Magilus – G. B. Sowerby II, 1872a: pl. 3, fig. 10, ex Deshayes ms. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: Leptoconchus globulosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1872 ( Massin 1982: 16); taxon inquirendum (MolluscaBase).

monoplex , Purpura ( Monoplex) – Sandberger, 1861: 225-226, 1860: pl. 18, fig. 10-10a, b, ex Deshayes ms. — Type localities: Jeurre & Welschberg ( Germany). — Type age: Oligocene (Rupelian). — Current status: Cymia monoplex (Sandberger, 1861) ( Cossmann & Lambert 1884: 174-175, pl. 5, fig. 18, as “Deshayes” and as “var. disjuncta ”; Lozouet 2012).

serratis , Magilus – G. B. Sowerby II, 1872a: pl. 3, fig. 8a-b, ex Deshayes ms. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent ( Petit 2009: 165). — Current status: Leptoconchus serratis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1872) ( Massin 1982: 20) ; taxon inquirendum (MolluscaBase).