WoRMS name details
Murexsul hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816)
827931 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827931)
unaccepted
Species
Muricidea hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
Muricopsis hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Nomenclature Garrigues & Merle (2014: 857-858), citing ICZN Art. 23.9.5, claimed that Murex hexagonus Gmelin, 1791, and Murex hexagonus...
Nomenclature Garrigues & Merle (2014: 857-858), citing ICZN Art. 23.9.5, claimed that Murex hexagonus Gmelin, 1791, and Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, were currently not applied to taxa considered congeneric after 1899, and "restored" Lamarck's name as valid. However, Art. 23.9.5 is about maintaining "prevailing usage" while the case is referred to the Commission. Prevailing usage has treated Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, as a primary junior homonym, and a synonym of Murex hexagonus var. oxytatus M. Smith, 1938. The latter name is in prevailing usage as Murexsul oxytatus. Garrigues & Merle were thus unfounded to restore the name Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816. However, they showed that the names Murexsul hexagonus and M. oxytatus referred to two different taxonomic species. For lack of a valid name, WoRMS provisionally records Murexsul hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816) as a valid species. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Murexsul hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827931 on 2026-04-07
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(of Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J. B. P. A. de M. de]. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23 [Livraison 84, 14 December 1816], Tome 3, pp. 1-16, pls. 391-431, 431 bis, 431 bis*, 432-488, Paris: Vve Agasse., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37162278
page(s): 5 [details]
basis of record Garrigues B. & Merle D. (2014). Nine new species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the French Antilles. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 36(4): 841-864., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2014n4a7 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Garrigues B. & Merle D. (2014). Nine new species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the French Antilles. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 36(4): 841-864., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/z2014n4a7 [details] Available for editors
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Nomenclature Garrigues & Merle (2014: 857-858), citing ICZN Art. 23.9.5, claimed that Murex hexagonus Gmelin, 1791, and Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, were currently not applied to taxa considered congeneric after 1899, and "restored" Lamarck's name as valid. However, Art. 23.9.5 is about maintaining "prevailing usage" while the case is referred to the Commission. Prevailing usage has treated Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816, as a primary junior homonym, and a synonym of Murex hexagonus var. oxytatus M. Smith, 1938. The latter name is in prevailing usage as Murexsul oxytatus. Garrigues & Merle were thus unfounded to restore the name Murex hexagonus Lamarck, 1816. However, they showed that the names Murexsul hexagonus and M. oxytatus referred to two different taxonomic species. For lack of a valid name, WoRMS provisionally records Murexsul hexagonus (Lamarck, 1816) as a valid species. [details]
