Species Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex scorpio 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. [747].
• Murex varicosus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1834. The Conchological illustrations, Murex. Pls 58-67; 1841: pls 187-199 and catalogue: 1-9. Sowerby, London. [pl. 65, fig. 49].
• Murex digitatus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1841. Murex. pls 187-199 in Sowerby, G.B. (2nd). The Conchological Illustrations or coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London : G.B. Sowerby (2nd) 200 pls. [pl. 198, fig. 114].
• Homalocantha fauroti Jousseaume, F. 1888. Description des Mollusques Recueillis par M. Le Dr. Faurot dans la Mer Rouge et le Golfe D'Aden. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France 1(42): 166-223 [180].

 

Generic Combinations

• Homalocantha scorpio (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [37, pl. 6, figs 34a-b]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Philippines

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

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. [54, pl. 8, figs 11-13]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [37, pl. 6, figs 34a-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. 46] (as Murex digitatus) (The Digitated Murex, The Scorpion Murex, The Varicose 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