Nomenclature
original description
Monterosato, T. A. di. (1872). <i>Notizie intorno alle conchiglie fossili di Monte Pellegrino e Ficarazzi</i>. Ufficio Tipografico Michele Amenta, printed for the Author, Palermo, 44 pp. [March 10th, 1872]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50169751
page(s): 15, 33 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 485 [details]
Other
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species Jousseaume (1880) designated Murex bracteatus Brocchi, 1814 (misspelled bactreatus) as type species. However as Monterosato (1872) used this name for a Recent species which is considered different and is currently known as Hirtomurex squamosus (Bivona Ant. in Bivona And., 1838), ICZN art. 70.3 could apply and either the fossil or the Recent species could be thereby designated as the type species. [details]