Species Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822)
Secund Murex, The Next-Allied Murex
- Murex lamberti Poirier, J. 1883. Révision des Murex de Muséum. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 2 5: 13-128 [86].
Generic Combinations
- Homalocantha secunda (Lamarck, 1822). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [38, pl. 6, figs 35a-d]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Among rocks, carnivorous, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, shallow subtidal.
General References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [27]
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. [55, pl. 8, figs 1-2, 5]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [38, pl. 6, figs 35a-d]
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. [84, pl. 57, figs 11-11a]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [27] (Secund Murex)
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. 97] (The Next-Allied Murex)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | MURICIDAE | 21-Jun-2017 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 21-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED |