Subspecies Murex (Murex) pecten pecten Lightfoot, 1786
Spiny Woodcock, The Thin-Spine Murex, Venus Comb Murex
- Murex pecten Lightfoot, J. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [188, No. 4001].
Type data:
Lectotype Amboina. - Aranea triremis 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. 3].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sumatra and other parts of the East Indies. - Murex tenuispina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [158].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH 1098/98-100, "l'Ocean des grande Indies et des Moluques".
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to Fiji
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 180 m
General References
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. [258, pl. 7, figs 1-3]
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] [69, figs 1A,B, 68F, 71G,H, 77H]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [33, pl. 1, figs 4-8]
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, fig. 2]
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 tenuispina) (Spiny Woodcock)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [212] (Venus Comb 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. 85] (as Murex tenuispina) (The Thin-Spine 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 |