Subgenus Chicoreus (Triplex) Perry, 1810

Museums

Regional Maps

• Triplex Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. London : George Smeeton pl. I–XLVIII. [pl. 23] [the specific epithet foliatus Perry, 1810 was placed on the Official Index by Opinion 911, 1970, Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 27(1): 20, 21. See also Pterymurex].

  Type species:

   Triplex foliatus Perry, 1810 (= Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822 [ICZN opinion 911, 1970]) by monotypy.
• Pirtus Gregorio, A. de 1885. Studi su talune conchiglie Mediterranee, viventi e fossili con una revista del gen. Vulsella e del gen. Ficula e con dei reffronti con specie di altre regioni e di altri bacini. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana, Pisa 10: 247-257 [257].

  Type species:

   Murex (Pirtus) fiatus de Gregorio, 1885 (= Murex dujandini Tournouer, 1875 [Houart1992A]) by monotypy.
• Torvamurex Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [323] [Marine molluscs of Victoria: 167; not available (no description) from Iredale, 1936. See also Foveomurex].

  Type species:

   Triplex denudatus Perry, 1811 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from South Africa to New Caledonia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Houart, R. 1994. Illustrated Catalogue of Recent Species of Muricidae named since 1971. Weisbaden, Germany : Verlag Christa Hemmen pp. 1-179, pl. 28. [11-12]

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. [100-105, pls 48-75]

 

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)
		06-Oct-2011	MODIFIED