original description(of)Macpherson J. H. (1962). New name for <i>Murex espinosus</i> Macpherson. <em>Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria.</em> 25: 176., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38951230[details]
redescriptionHouart, R. (2014). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality