Murex canistrum Lichtenstein, 1794

Geiger, Daniel L., 2022, Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein’s (1794) Catalogus Rerum Naturalium Rarissimarum, pars secunda. Facsimile edition and annotated translation, Zootaxa 5127 (1), pp. 1-126 : 116

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5127.1.1

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Murex canistrum Lichtenstein, 1794
status

 

Murex canistrum Lichtenstein, 1794

The purple aperture, the five spines and the yellow outer coloration of the shell suggest a member of the genus Drupa (Muricidae) . However, the overall shell shape of Drupa is not elongated (“tail like”), but rather globular. No dimensions were provided. Accordingly, this identification at the generic level is highly tentative, and the epithet is a nomen dubium.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Genus

Murex

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

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