Species Murex (Murex) ternispina Lamarck, 1822

The Black-Spined Murex, Triple-spined Murex

Murex ternispina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [158, no. 6].
Type data:
Holotype GMNH 1099/4, Indian Ocean.
Murex nigrispinosus 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. [pl. 20, fig. 79].
Type data:
Holotype CUMZ.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Sri Lanka to Philippines

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 92 m

General References

Houart, R. 2010. Description of a new species from Indonesia in the Murex scolopax group (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) and comments about Murex (Murex) ternispina Lamarck, 1822 from East Java. Novapex 11(1): 29-35 [33, figs 17, 19-21, 24-26]

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. [256, pl. 6, figs 1-2]

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] [80, figs 41, 77J]

Smith, E.A. 1904. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator", commander T.H. Heming, R.N. - Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 13(58): 453-473 [continued from series 7 vol. 4(22): 237-251] [461]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [34]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [140] (as Acupurpura ternispina) (Triple-spined 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. 79] (as Murex nigrispinosus) (The Black-Spined Murex)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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