Marine Species Traits - Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 †

Traits name details

Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 †

AphiaID

833227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833227)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > unavailable name (Invalid under Art. 20: name established for fossils, formed by adding the suffix "-ites" to the genus name Murex.)

Accepted name

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Genus

Parent

Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 †

Direct children (4)

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Species Muricites auriculatus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Pseudobellardia auriculata (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Muricites melaniaeformis Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Bayania melaniaeformis (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Muricites strombiformis Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Pseudoglauconia carbonaria (F. A. Roemer, 1836) † (nomen nudum; synonym)
Species Muricites vulcanicus Schlotheim, 1820 † accepted as Jponsia vulcanica (Schlotheim, 1820) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833227 on 2025-09-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833227 on 2025-09-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-01-30 08:23:29Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-07-31 06:20:49Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2024-02-24 04:34:34Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (1)

original description Schlotheim, E. F. von. (1820). Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetztigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. Becker, Gotha, lxii + 437 pp., available online at http://books.google.at/books/about/Die_Petrefactenkunde_auf_ihrem_jetzigen.html?id=4SQ-AAAAcAAJ&redir_esc=y [details]