Species Chicoreus (Triplex) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex cervicornis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [163].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, New Holland (=Australia).

 

Generic Combinations

• Chicoreus (Triplex) cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 4-8]
• Chicoreus cervicornis (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 2, figs 1a-b]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea, Moluccas.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

 

General References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [26]

Eisenberg, J.M. 1981. A collector's guide to seashells of the world. New York : McGraw-Hill 239 pp. [88, pl. 70, fig. 17] (as Murex (Murex) cervicornis)

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [30, pl. 7, fig. 98] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cervicornis)

Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [38, pl. 19, figs 11-13] (as Euphyllon cervicornis)

Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [89, figs 47, 361]

Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J-P 2011. Fossil and recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-648, pls 182. [380, pl. 68, figs 4-8]

Shikama, T. 1963. Selected shells of the world illustrated in colour. Tokyo : Hokuryu-Kan Vol. 1 pp. 1-154. [70, pl. 53, fig. 2] (as Murex (Euphyllon) cervicornis)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [86, pl. 58, fig. 9]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [141] (Two-forked Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 66] (The Stag's Horn Murex)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	12-Oct-2011	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		29-Sep-2011	MODIFIED