Species Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) capucinus (Lamarck, 1822)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Murex capucinus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [164].

  Type data:

   Lectotype GMNH 1099/23.
• Murex quadrifrons Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [170].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH 1099/45.
• Murex castaneus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1834. The Conchological illustrations, Murex. Pls 58-67; 1841: pls 187-199 and catalogue: 1-9. Sowerby, London. [pl. 64, fig. 44].
• Murex lignarius Adams, A. 1853. Descriptions of several new species of Murex, Rissoina, Planaxis, and Eulima from the Cummingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 267-272 [268].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1985229, West Africa (erroneous [figure text p. 162]).
• Murex bituberculatus Baker, F.C. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Muricidae, with remarks on the apices of certain forms. Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science 1: 129-137 [133] [pl. 11, fig. 4].
• Murex permaestus Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [745] [pl. 85, fig. 91].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.14130 dry, Gulf of Carpentaria, 10 ml south west of Mapoon, Queensland, Australia [12°4'58.8'S, 141°40'1.2'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Murex capucinus (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Brazier, J. 1893. Catalogue of the marine shells of Australia and Tasmania. Part III. Gastropoda, Murex. Australian Museum Sydney, Catalogue 15:. 45-74 pp. [58]
• Chicoreus (Rhizophorimurex) capucinus (Lamarck, 1822). —
  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. [97-99, text-fig. 39]
• Chicoreus capucinus (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 12a-b]
• Murex (Chicoreus) capucinus (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [161]
• Naquetia permaesta (Hedley, 1915). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1956. Family Muricidae. Royal Society of South Australia, Malacological Section, Publication 8. 2 pls, 8 unnumbered [pl. 2, fig. 2]
• Pterynotus (Naquetia) permaestus (Hedley, 1915). —
  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. [86, pl. 57]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Singapore to Fiji

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Intertidal, mangroves, marine, mud-silt, rocks, sand.

 

General References

Brazier, J. 1893. Catalogue of the marine shells of Australia and Tasmania. Part III. Gastropoda, Murex. Australian Museum Sydney, Catalogue 15:. 45-74 pp. [58]

Cotton, B.C. 1956. Family Muricidae. Royal Society of South Australia, Malacological Section, Publication 8. 2 pls, 8 unnumbered [pl. 2, fig. 2]

Fair, R.H. 1976. The Murex Book: An illustrated catalogue of Recent Muricidae (Muricinae, Muricopsinae, Ocenebrinae). Honolulu : R. Fair 23 pls, 138 pp. [70, pl. 8, fig. 102] (as Chicoreus (Chicoreus) quadrifrons - lectotype)

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 [106, figs 36, 105, 217]

Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1899. Report on the marine Mollusca obtained during the first expedition of Prof. A.C. Haddon to the Torres Straits in 1888-89. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 27: 150-206, pls 1-2 [161]

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. [97-99, text-fig. 39]

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 [358, pl. 2, fig. 7]

Tan, K.S. & Chou, L.M. 2000. A Guide to Common Seashells of Singapore. Singapore : Singapore Science Centre 168 pp. [92]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [27, pl. 3, figs 12a-b]

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. [86, pl.57]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [27] (Mangrove 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