Species Chicoreus (Triplex) longicornis (Dunker, 1864)
Straight-spined Murex
- Murex longicornis Dunker, W. 1864. Fünf neue mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter 11: 99-102 [99] [pl. 22, figs 5-6].
Type data:
Status unknown, Amboina Island, Indonesia. - Murex recticornis Löbbecke, T. & Kobelt, W. 1880. Museum Loebbeckeanum. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 7: 81-82 [81] [pl. 3, fig. 3 (by von Martens)].
Type data:
Lectotype East Australia, 76 fathoms (139 m) [26°05'S]. - Poirieia kurranulla Garrard, T.A. 1961. Mollusca collected by M. V. "Challenger" off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 3–38 [27] [pl. 2, fig. 4 (better illustration of type see Houart, 1992 [fig. 392])].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F21118, off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Chicoreus longicornis (Dunker, 1864). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 2, figs 2, 4] - Chicoreus (Triplex) longicornis (Dunker, 1864). —
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 9-11]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indonesia
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
110 to 180 m
General References
Eisenberg, J.M. 1981. A collector's guide to seashells of the world. New York : McGraw-Hill 239 pp. [90, pl. 72, fig. 19] (as Murex (Murex) longicornis)
Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [55, 55, pl. 6, fig. 78] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) longicornis)
Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp. [38, pl. 19, figs 16-17] (as Euphyllon longicornis)
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 [91, fig 48]
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 9-11]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 2, figs 2, 4]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [278, pl. 762] (Straight-spined 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 |