Species Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822)
Rose-fronded Murex, The Rose-Branch Murex
- Triplex foliatus Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. London : George Smeeton pl. I–XLVIII. [pl. 23] [suppressed in favour of Murex palmarosae Lamarck, 1822 (IZCN opinion 911) Houart1992A].
- Triplex rosaria 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. 6, fig. 3] [secondary homonym of Purpura rosarium Röding, 1798 rejected before 1961 (ICZN, art. 59 b i) Houart1992A].
Type data:
Status unknown, Island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). - Murex palmarosae Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [161].
Type data:
Status unknown, ?Indian Ocean.
Generic Combinations
- Chicoreus (Triplex) palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822). —
Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [53, figs 9, 293-294] - Chicoreus palmarosae (Lamarck, 1822). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 3, figs 3a-b] - Chicoreus rosarius (Perry, 1811). —
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [65]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from east Africa to New Caledonia
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 90 m
General References
Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [65, pl. 8, fig. 104] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) palmarosae)
Houart, R. 1992. The genus Chicoreus and related genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 154: 1-188 [53, figs 9, 293-294]
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. [354, pl. 55, figs 1-7]
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 [357-358, pl. 2, fig. 6]
Smith, M. 1953. An illustrated catalog of the recent species of rock shells. Windermere : Tropical Laboratory pp. i-x, 1-34. [5, pl. 3, fig. 1] (as Murex (Chicoreus) palmarosae)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [28, pl. 3, figs 3a-b]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [148. pl. 449] (Rose-fronded 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. 30] (as Murex palma-rose) (The Rose-Branch 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) |
| 06-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED |