Murex - Species

Species

The genus Murex, as originally defined by Linnaeus, encompassed many taxa that are now placed elsewhere in the superfamily Muricoidea. During the 19th century, the definition of Murex was restricted by Lamarck and his contemporaries first to species in the family Muricidae, and then was limited even further to the subfamilies Muricinae and Ocenebrinae. Malacologists of the 19th century including Kiener, Reeve, Küster & Kobelt and Sowerby treated all muricoid forms as belonging to Murex. This is the main reason why Murex has so many synonyms. The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) recognizes 1065 records, of which only a small number are still recognized as accepted names of Murex species.

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Murex

• Murex acanthostephes Watson, 1883
• Murex aduncospinosus Sowerby, 1841 : Short-spined murex
• Murex africanus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
• Murex altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988 : : Caltrop murex
• Murex balkeanus Vokes, 1967
• Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822
  • Murex brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822 : Short-spined murex
  • Murex brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862
  • Murex brevispina ornamentalis Ponder & Vokes, 1988
  • Murex brevispina senilis Jousseaume, 1874
• Murex buccinatus Voigt, 1834
• Murex concinnus Reeve, 1845
• Murex djarianensis Martin, 1895
  • Murex djarianensis poppei (synonym : Murex (Murex) poppei Houart, 1979)
• Murex echinodes Houart, 2011
• Murex huangi Houart, 2010
• Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma, 2001
• Murex indicus Houart, 2011
• Murex megapex Neubert, 1998
• Murex ornamentalis Ponder & Vokes, 1988
• Murex philippinensis Parth, 1994
• Murex salomonensis Parth, 1994
• Murex somalicus Parth, 1990
• Murex surinamensis Okutani, 1982
• Murex textilis Gabb, 1873
• Murex troscheli Lischke, 1868 : Troschel's murex

Subgenus Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758

• Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881) : : Carbonnier's murex
• Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884
• Murex falsitribulus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
• Murex forskoehli Röding, 1798
• Murex kerslakae Ponder & Vokes, 1988
• Murex occa Sowerby, 1834 : Harrowed murex
• Murex pecten Lightfoot, 1786 ': Venus comb murex
  • Murex pecten soelae
• Murex queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
• Murex scolopax Dillwyn, 1817 : False venus comb, woodcock murex
• Murex spectabilis Ponder & Vokes, 1988
• Murex spicatus Ponder & Vokes, 1988
• Murex spinastreptos Houart, 2010
• Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822
• Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822
• Murex trapa Roding, 1798 : : Rare-spined murex
• Murex tribulus Linnaeus, 1758 : Caltrop murex
  • Murex tribulus spicatus
  • Murex tribulus tenuirostrum
  • Murex tribulus tenuirostrum africanus
  • Murex tribulus ternispina

Subgenus Murex (Promurex) Ponder & Vokes, 1988

• Murex antelmei Viader, 1938
• Murex protocrassus Houart, 1990

Species mentioned as species in current use in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS)

• Murex singaporensis A.Adams, 1853

Species brought into synonymy

• Murex aedonius Watson, 1896: synonym of Coralliophila aedonia (Watson, 1885)
• Murex afer Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Afer afer (Gmelin, 1791)
• Murex alocatus: synonym of Pterymarchia barclayana (H. Adams, 1873)
• Murex antillarum : Antilles murex: synonym of Siratus articulatus (Reeve, 1845)
• Murex argo Clench & Farfante, 1945: synonym of Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum (Reeve, 1846)
• Murex bellus Reeve, 1845: synonym of Vokesimurex bellus (Reeve, 1845)
• Murex brandaris Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Busycotypus canaliculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Murex capitellum Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Murex corallinus Scacchi, 1836: synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Murex corneus Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Euthria cornea (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Murex coronatus Born, 1778: synonym of Pseudovertagus aluco (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Murex edwardsii : synonym of Ocinebrina edwardsii (Payraudeau, 1826)
• Murex garciai Petuch, 1987: synonym of Vokesimurex garciai (Petuch, 1987)
• Murex gubbi Reeve, 1849: synonym of Chicocenebra gubbi (Reeve, 1849)
• Murex inconspicuus G.B. Sowerby II, 1841: synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Murex intertextus Helbling, 1779: synonym of Cumia reticulata
• Murex lindajoycae Petuch, 1987: synonym of Vokesimurex lindajoycae (Petuch, 1987)
• Murex maroccensis Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Fusinus maroccensis
• Murex monodon Sowerby, 1825: synonym of Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi (Röding, 1798)
• Murex nassa Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin, 1791)
• Murex peritus Hinds, 1844a: synonym of Favartia (Favartia) perita (Hinds, 1844)
• Murex pistacia Reeve, 1845: synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Murex purpuroides Dunker: synonym of Vaughtia purpuroides (Reeve, 1845)
• Murex recurvirostris : synonym of Vokesimurex recurvirostrum (Broderip, 1833)
• Murex rota Sowerby: synonym of Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)
• Murex rubidus : synonym of Vokesimurex rubidus (F.C. Baker, 1897)
• Murex serratospinosus Dunker, 1883: synonym of Vokesimurex mindanaoensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)
• Murex subaciculatus Locard, 1886: synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata (Lamarck, 1822)
• Murex taxus Dillwyn, 1817: synonym of Clavatula taxea (Röding, 1798)
• Murex triqueter : synonym of Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778)
• Murex tulipa Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Murex turbinellus Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Murex vittatus Broderip, 1833: synonym of Favartia (Favartia) vittata (Broderip, 1833)