WoRMS taxon details
Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
217159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217159)
accepted
Species
Hexaplex fusca Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 747 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 747 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217159 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex scorpio Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 747 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Hexaplex fusca Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 8 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 8 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 420, pl. 126 figs 1-17 [details]
page(s): 747 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Hexaplex fusca Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 8 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 8 fig. 1 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 420, pl. 126 figs 1-17 [details]
Other
additional source
Houart, R. (2025). The Muricidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea) collected during the Koumac 2 campaign in New Caledonia in 2018 and 2019, with the description of two new species. <em>Novapex.</em> 26(3): 55-71.
page(s): 66, figs 5P-Q [details]
page(s): 66, figs 5P-Q [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | scorpion murex | [details] |
| German | Skorpion-StachelschneckeSkorpionschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | トゲナガイチョウ | [details] |
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Homalocantha scorpio SET)
To Conchology (Homalocantha scorpio YOUNG)
To Conchology (Homalocantha scorpio)
To Malacopics (Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, ex coll. ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Homalocantha scorpio SET)
To Conchology (Homalocantha scorpio YOUNG)
To Conchology (Homalocantha scorpio)
To Malacopics (Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Central Visayas, Bohol, ex coll. ...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Hexaplex tenuis Perry, 1811)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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