WoRMS taxon details
Vokesimurex messorius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
405215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405215)
accepted
Species
Haustellum messorius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex funiculatus Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex funiculatus Defrance, 1827
Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Murex sutilis C. A. White, 1887 · unaccepted
Vokesimurex sutilis (C. A. White, 1887) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
(of Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Murex</i>, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 137-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571576
page(s): 137 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vokesimurex messorius (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405215 on 2025-10-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex funiculatus Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [details]
original description (of Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Murex</i>, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 137-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571576
page(s): 137 [details]
original description (of Murex sutilis C. A. White, 1887) White, C. A. (1887). Contribuições à Paleontologia do Brasil. <em>Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro.</em> 7: 1-273, 27 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35497332 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. [details]
original description (of Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1841). Descriptions of some new species of <i>Murex</i>, principally from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1840: 137-147., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30571576
page(s): 137 [details]
original description (of Murex sutilis C. A. White, 1887) White, C. A. (1887). Contribuições à Paleontologia do Brasil. <em>Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro.</em> 7: 1-273, 27 pls., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35497332 [details]
basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Houart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres <i>Dermomurex</i>, <i>Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis</i> et <i>Pygmaepterys</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 23: 22-59.
page(s): 24, pl. 1 figs 15-16 [details]
page(s): 24, pl. 1 figs 15-16 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
To Conchology (Vokesimurex messorius)
To Malacopics (Vokesimurex messorius (G.B.Sowerby,1841) Venezuela, Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguaná, Bahía de Amuay)
To NHMUK collection (Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2381627) (from synonym Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications) (from synonym Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
To Conchology (Vokesimurex messorius)
To Malacopics (Vokesimurex messorius (G.B.Sowerby,1841) Venezuela, Falcon, Peninsula de Paraguaná, Bahía de Amuay)
To NHMUK collection (Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2381627) (from synonym Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
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