Marine Species Traits - Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880

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Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880

AphiaID

406230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406230)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880

Synonymised names

Murex (Alipurpura) P. Fischer, 1884 · unaccepted

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Species Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Pterochelus adelaidensis (Tate, 1888) †
Species Pterochelus akation (E. H. Vokes, 1993)
Species Pterochelus ariomus (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945)
Species Pterochelus contabulatus (Lamarck, 1803) †
Species Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936
Species Pterochelus manubriatus (Tate, 1888) †
Species Pterochelus rhysus (Tate, 1888) †
Species Pterochelus saibaiensis (Melvill & Standen, 1899)
Species Pterochelus tenuicornis (Tate, 1888) †
Species Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845)
Species Pterochelus undosus (E. H. Vokes, 1993)
Species Pterochelus webbi Petuch & Berschauer, 2018
Species Pterochelus westralis (Ponder & B. R. Wilson, 1973)

Environment

marine

Original description

Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406230 on 2025-09-16

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406230 on 2025-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-06-28 06:12:49Z

created

Houart, Roland

2009-06-28 08:35:59Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2011-03-19 18:55:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-05-06 09:09:20Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]

original description (of Murex (Alipurpura) P. Fischer, 1884) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 641; note: name attributed by Fischer to Bayle [details]

taxonomy source Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 136 [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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