Species Haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
The Snipe's Head Murex
- Murex haustellum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [746] [refers to 5 figures: Buonanni, 1681 [pl. 268]; Rumphius, 1705 [pl. 26, fig. F]; Gualtier, 1742 [pl. 30, fig E]; Argenvil, 1742 [pl. 19, fig. B]; Klein, 1753 [pl. 4, fig. 81]].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH Linnaean Collection, Asiatic Ocean. - Haustellum fimbriatonodosum Martini, F.H.W. 1777. Neues sytematisches Conchylien-Cabinet, fortgesetzt durch Johann Heironymus Chemnitz. Nürnberg : G. N. Raspe Vol. 3 vi + 1-434, pls 66-121. [376] [pl. 115, fig. 1066. As Haustellum fimbriato-nodosum].
- Murex scolopaceus Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [144] [refers to Favanne, 1784 [pl. 38, fig. B2]].
- Aranea denudata 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. 45, fig. 1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) African coasts and seas. - Haustellum laeve Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [213] [refers to Martini, 1777 [pl. 115, fig. 1066], figured specimen not located].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Coromandel, India. - Murex erythostoma Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [296] [not Murex erythrostoma].
Generic Combinations
- Haustellum haustellum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [30, pl. 1, figs 9a-b]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Fiji
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, sand substrate, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Houart, R. 1999. Review of the Indo-Pacific species of Haustellum Schumacher, 1817 and comments on Vokesimurex Petuch, 1994 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with the description of H. bondarevi n.sp. Apex 14(3-4): 81-107 [88, figs 7-8, 13, 17-19, 23-26]
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. [266, pl. 11, figs 1-6]
Ponder, W.F. & Vokes, E.H. 1988. A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum 8: 1-160 [Date published 29 April] [86, figs 1E,F, 46A-B, 68D, 72I, 78D] (as Haustellum haustellum haustellum)
Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. I. Amphineura and Gastropoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 6): 267 pp., 34 pls [154, pl. 14, fig. 5]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [30, pl. 1, figs 9a-b]
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. 95] (The Snipe's Head 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) |
| 06-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED |