Murex messorius
creator: Houart, Roland
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Auffenberg, Kurt
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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 2026-08-29
created: 2009-06-21T00:47:22Z
is replaced by: 405215
modified: 2024-05-20T19:09:30Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Murex messorius G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
accepted name usage ID: 405215
class: Gastropoda
family: Muricidae
genus: Murex
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. 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)].
name published in year: 1834-1841
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 138196
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: G. B. Sowerby II, 1841
specific epithet: messorius
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: superseded combination