Marine Species Traits - Murex (Murex) occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

Traits name details

Murex (Murex) occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

AphiaID

404659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:404659)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

Rank

Species

Parent

Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758 represented as Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) 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)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murex (Murex) occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404659 on 2025-05-25

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Murex (Murex) occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404659 on 2025-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-20 22:47:22Z

created

Houart, Roland

2010-09-27 18:17:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-05-04 11:03:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-06-09 02:47:20Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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Sources (2)

original description (of Murex occa G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) 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)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991 [details]

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