Marine Species Traits - Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps (Broderip, 1833)

WoRMS name details

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps (Broderip, 1833)

AphiaID

406133 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406133)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833)

Rank

Species

Parent

Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 represented as Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810

Original name

Murex princeps Broderip, 1833

Synonymised names

Murex princeps Broderip, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Murex princeps Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 175 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) princeps (Broderip, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406133 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-26 19:35:47Z

created

Houart, Roland

2012-02-29 20:10:41Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-03-01 22:24:59Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex princeps Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): 175 [details]

basis of record Houart, R. & Wiedrick, S.G. (2021). Review of Muricanthus Swainson, 1840 and some Recent species assigned to Hexaplex s.s. Perry, 1810, Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 and Phyllonotus Swainson, 1833. Novapex. 22(1-2): 25-42.
page(s): 26 [details]

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