WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

To Conchology (Chicoreus ramosus)

AphiaID

558787 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558787)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Chicoreus Montfort, 1810

Original name

Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Chicoreus (Chicoreus) ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation

Murex fortispinna François, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)

Murex frondosus Mörch, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)

Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior homonym of Murex inflatus...)

Junior homonym of Murex inflatus Brocchi, 1814

Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synoym)

Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 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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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chicoreus ramosus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558787 on 2026-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2002-01-09 18:51:18Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-02-16 10:18:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-02-18 10:33:31Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-29 07:29:20Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-07-02 01:35:29Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex ramosus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Murex inflatus Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): p. 160. [details]

original description (of Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]

original description (of Murex fortispinna François, 1891) François, P. (1891). Moeurs d'un Murex. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale. 9: 240-242. [details]

original description (of Murex frondosus Mörch, 1852) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921 [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 81 [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]

Other

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 90. [details]

additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 41, pl. 26, fig. 7 [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. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 44(4):239-248. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

Language	Name
English	ram's murexramose murexgiant murexbranched murex	[details]
German	RiesenstachelschneckeRiesen-Murex	[details]
Japanese	テングガイ	[details]