WoRMS name details
Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
404623 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404623)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Murex messorius var. gustaviensis Nowell-Usticke, 1969 accepted as Vokesimurex woodringi (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
- Variety Murex messorius var. rubidus F. C. Baker, 1897 accepted as Vokesimurex rubidus (F. C. Baker, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): fig. 93 [details]
page(s): fig. 93 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404623 on 2026-08-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells</i>. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): fig. 93 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
page(s): fig. 93 [details]
basis of record Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]
Other
additional source
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]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Baker, F. C. (1903). Note on <i>Murex marcoensis</i> Sowerby. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 17(8): 88-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726511
page(s): 89 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 157 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 142 [details]
additional source Baker, F. C. (1903). Note on <i>Murex marcoensis</i> Sowerby. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 17(8): 88-89., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726511
page(s): 89 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 157 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2381627)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To NHMUK collection (Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841; LECTOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2381627)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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