Species Chicoreus (Triplex) banksii (Sowerby, 1840)
Banks' Murex, The Saffron-Tinged Murex
- Triplex cornucervi Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 7, fig. 4] [junior homonym; not Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798].
Type data:
Status unknown, AMG, South Seas. - Murex banksii Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1840. Descriptions of shells collected by H. Cuming in the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 8: 87-169 [140].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 197478, Moluccas. - Murex crocatus Reeve, L.A. 1845. Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of Molluscous animals. Vol. 3. Murex: 36 + 1 pls (1845-46, 1849). [pl. 33, fig. 168].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1984076.
Generic Combinations
- Chicoreus banksii (Sowerby, 1840). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 7a-b] - Chicoreus (Triplex) banksii (Sowerby, 1840). —
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. [368, pl. 62, figs 1-13]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Pacific, from Indonesia to New Caledonia
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, sand, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 60 m; on rocks near sandy bottom (Middelfart pers. obs.)
General References
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 [69, figs 26-28,100-101,178]
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. [368, pl. 62, figs 1-13]
Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [357, pl. 2, fig. 5]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 7a-b]
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. 2]
Common Name References
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. 168] (as Murex crocatus) (Banks' Murex, The Saffron-Tinged 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 |