Species Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex laciniatus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1834. The Conchological illustrations, Murex. Pls 58-67; 1841: pls 187-199 and catalogue: 1-9. Sowerby, London. [pl. 187, fig. 59 (actually published in the year 1841)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1974072/1.
• Murex scabrosus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1834. The Conchological illustrations, Murex. Pls 58-67; 1841: pls 187-199 and catalogue: 1-9. Sowerby, London. [pl. 189, , fig. 73 (the year 1841)].
• Chicoreus filialis Shikama, T. 1971. On some noteworthy marine Gastropoda from southwestern Japan (III). Science Reports of the Yokohama National University 2 18: 27-35 [29] [pl. 3, figs 3, 4 (Chicoreus filiaris on plate)].

  Type data:

   Holotype KPM 3334, off Taiwan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Siratus laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Abbott, R.T. & Dance, S.P. 1982. Compendium of Seashells: a colour guide to more than 4,200 of the world's marine shells. New York : E. P. Dutton pp. i-x, 1-411. [133, text figs]
• Chicoreus (Chicomurex) laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Arakawa, K.Y. 1964. A study of the radulae of the Japanese Muricidae (2). The genera Vexilla, Nassa, Rapana, Murex, Chicoreus and Homalocantha. Venus 22(4): 355-364, pl. 21 [362, text fig. 2]
• Naquetia laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Kaicher, S.D. 1973. [Unknown title]. St. Petersburg, Florida : Privately published. [card 169]
• Phyllonotus laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Radwin, G. & D'Atillio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world, an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford : Stanford University Press 1-284, 32 pls, 192 text figs. [89, pl. 6, fig. 3]
• Chicomurex laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 2, fig. 18]
• Chicoreus laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. The Muricidae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. Subfamilies Muricinae and Tritonaliinae. Veliger 10(2): 111-132, pls 14,15 [119, fig. 3, pl. 4, fig. 9]
• Chicoreus (Chicoreus) laciniatus (Sowerby, 1841). —
  Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : Fair, R.H. 23 pls, 138 pp. [53, pl. 7, fig. 934]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to Fiji

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

 

General References

Abbott, R.T. & Dance, S.P. 1982. Compendium of Seashells: a colour guide to more than 4,200 of the world's marine shells. New York : E. P. Dutton pp. i-x, 1-411. [133, text figs]

Arakawa, K.Y. 1964. A study of the radulae of the Japanese Muricidae (2). The genera Vexilla, Nassa, Rapana, Murex, Chicoreus and Homalocantha. Venus 22(4): 355-364, pl. 21 [362, text fig. 2]

Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. The Muricidae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. Subfamilies Muricinae and Tritonaliinae. Veliger 10(2): 111-132, pls 14,15 [119, fig. 3, pl. 4, fig. 9]

Eisenberg, J.M. 1981. A collector's guide to seashells of the world. New York : McGraw-Hill 239 pp. [90, pl. 72, fig. 17]

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [53, pl. 7, fig. 934]

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 [117, figs71,120-121]

Kaicher, S.D. 1973. [Unknown title]. St. Petersburg, Florida : Privately published. [card 169]

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. [396, pl. 76, figs 4-10]

Radwin, G. & D'Atillio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world, an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford : Stanford University Press 1-284, 32 pls, 192 text figs. [89, pl. 6, fig. 3]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 2, fig. 18]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [211] (Lacinate 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