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Species Muricodrupa fiscella (Gmelin, 1791)

The Cross-Barred Murex

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and South Africa to Hawaiian Islands


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, marine, rocky shore.

Extra Ecological Information

Feeds on gastropods

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1982. The taxonomic status of Cronia fiscella (Gmelin, 1791) and C. margariticola (Broderip, 1833) (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 19: 113-124 [113, figs 1-14]

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [312]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [238, fig. 83I] (as Muricodrupa funiculus (Wood, 1828))

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [363, pl. 3, fig. 6]

Tan, K.S. 1995. Taxonomy of Thais and Morula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Singapore and Vicinity. 546 pp. [107-119, figs 31-35] (as Muricodrupa funiculus (Wood, 1828))

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [24, pl. 6, figs 25a-b]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [24, pl. 6, fig. 21] (as Muricodrupa jacobsoni Emerson & D'Attilio, 1981)

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [24, pl. 6, figs 22a-b] (as Muricodrupa stellaris (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1853))

 

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. 153] (as Murex decussatus) (The Cross-Barred 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 08-Sep-2015 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Sep-2011 MODIFIED