Species Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798)
The Winged Murex
Compiler and date details
June 2017 - Burghardt, I.
- Purpura alata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [144 (no. 1085)].
- Murex martinianus Pfeiffer, 1840.
Generic Combinations
- Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus (Swainson, 1822). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [35, pl. 2, figs 9a-b]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Vietnam to Japan. Australian distribution not included in Merle et al. (2011)
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
To 300 m
General References
Bouchet, P. 2012. Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798). In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=467101 (Accessed on 2017-06-21)
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. Type specimens of Mollusca in the University Zoological Museum Copenhagen. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11: 143-195 [173-174] (as Pterynotus alatus)
Houart, R. 2015. Four new species of Muricidae (Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. The Nautilus 129(4): 143-155
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. [416, pl. 86, figs 5-8]
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 [359, pl. 2, fig. 11]
Ponder, W.F. 1972. Notes on some Australian genera and species of the family Muricidae (Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2(3): 215-248 [217, pl. 20, fig. 1, text fig. 1] (as Pterynotus (Pterynotus) alatus)
Vokes, E.H. 1970. Some comments on Cernohorsky's "Muricidae of Fiji" (The Veliger, 1967). Veliger 13(2): 182-187 [186]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [35, pl. 2, figs 9a-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. 57] (The Winged 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 | 12-Oct-2011 | ADDED | ||
| 06-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED |