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Murex (Murex) pecten [Lightfoot], 1786

215663  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:215663)

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(of Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]   
Description Solid, yellowish shell, up to 15 cm, with a long siphonal canal and numerous long, slightly curved spines. Habitat:...  
Description Solid, yellowish shell, up to 15 cm, with a long siphonal canal and numerous long, slightly curved spines. Habitat: shallow soft substrata. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Murex (Murex) pecten [Lightfoot], 1786. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215663 on 2024-03-19
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1997-03-01 15:31:58Z
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2000-07-18 15:57:33Z
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2010-09-27 18:17:44Z
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original description  (of Murex pecten [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464 [details]   

basis of record Ponder, W. F.; Vokes, E. H. (1988). A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of <i>Murex</i> s.s. and <i>Haustellum</i> (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 8: 1-160., available online at https://journals.australian.museum/ponder-and-vokes-1988-rec-aust-mus-suppl-8-1160/ [details]   

additional source Houart, R. (1985). Report on Muricidae (Gastropoda) recently dredged in the south-western Indian Ocean-II. List of Species with Remark and Illustration. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 44(4):239-248. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Solid, yellowish shell, up to 15 cm, with a long siphonal canal and numerous long, slightly curved spines. Habitat: shallow soft substrata. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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English venus combthorny woodcock  [details]
Japanese ホネガイ  [details]