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Murex

October 14, 2023

For other uses, see Murex (disambiguation).

Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails. These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, commonly called "murexes" or "rock snails".[1]

Murex
Temporal range: Cretaceous - Recent
Apertural view of the shell of Venus comb murex, Murex pecten, anterior end towards the bottom of the page
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Murex
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Acupurpura Jousseaume, 1880
  • Aranea Perry, 1810 (Invalid: junior homonym of Aranea Linnaeus, 1758 [Arachnida])
  • Murex (Murex) Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
  • Murex (Promurex) Ponder & Vokes, 1988· accepted, alternate representation
  • † Muricites Schlotheim, 1820 (Invalid under Art. 20: name established for fossils, formed by adding the suffix -ites to the genus name Murex.)
  • Tubicauda Jousseaume, 1880

The common name murex is still used for many species in the family Muricidae which were originally given the Latin generic name Murex in the past, but have more recently been regrouped into different newer genera.

The word murex was used by Aristotle in reference to these kinds of snails,[citation needed] thus making it one of the oldest classical seashell names still in use by the scientific community.

Fossil records Edit

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 125.45 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world. There are about 25 known extinct species.[2]

 
Murex altispira
 
Fossil shell of Murex spinicosta from Pliocene of Italy

Distribution Edit

Murex is solely an Indo-Pacific genus, as demonstrated by Ponder & Vokes (1988). The species from the western Atlantic that were formerly considered to belong to the genus Murex are now placed in the genus Haustellum.[citation needed]

Habitat Edit

Most Murex species live in the intertidal or shallow subtidal zone, among rocks and corals.[citation needed]

Shell description Edit

This genus includes many showy members, their elongate shells highly sculptured with spines or fronds. The inner surfaces of their ornate shells are often brightly colored.[citation needed]

Human use Edit

Costly and labor-intensive dyes Tyrian purple (or "royal purple") and tekhelet were historically made by the ancient Phoenicians and Jews respectively, using mucus from the hypobranchial gland of two species commonly referred to as "murex", Murex brandaris and Murex trunculus, which are the older names for Bolinus brandaris and Hexaplex trunculus.[3] This dye is a rare animal-produced organobromine compound, which the snails make using a specific bromide peroxidase enzyme that operates on dissolved bromide in sea water.[4]

This dye was used in royal robes, other kinds of special ceremonial or ritual garments, or garments indicating high rank. It is hypothesised that the dye was the same dye as that which featured prominently in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem, the clothing of the High Priest of Israel officiating there; it is sometimes still used by Jews today in the ritual fringes (tzitzit) on four-cornered garments.[5] A consensus has yet to be reached regarding the Biblical source of the "blue" dye.

Species Edit

The genus Murex, as originally defined by Linnaeus, encompassed many taxa that are now placed elsewhere in the superfamily Muricoidea. During the 19th century, the definition of Murex was restricted by Lamarck and his contemporaries first to species in the family Muricidae, and then was limited even further to the subfamilies Muricinae and Ocenebrinae. Malacologists of the 19th century including Kiener, Reeve, Küster & Kobelt and Sowerby treated all muricoid forms as belonging to Murex. This is the main reason why Murex has so many synonyms.

The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists the following species with accepted names within the genus Murex. The subgenera are considered alternate representations.[6]

Species mentioned as species in current use in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS)
Species brought into synonymy

References Edit

  1. ^ a b Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2010). Murex Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138196 on 2011-04-09
  2. ^ Fossilworks
  3. ^ Sukenik, Naama; Iluz, David; Amar, Zohar; Varvak, Alexander; Shamir, Orit; Ben-Yosef, Erez (2021). "Early evidence of royal purple dyed textile from Timna Valley (Israel)". PLOS ONE. 16 (1): e0245897. Bibcode:2021PLoSO..1645897S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245897. PMC 7842898. PMID 33507987.
  4. ^ Jannun R., Nuwayhid N. and Coe E. (1981) Biological bromination – bromoperoxidase activity in the Murex sea-snail. FASEB. J. 40, 1774.
  5. ^ Tekhelet - Biblical Blue Dye for Tzitzit
  6. ^ WoRMS : Murex 23 December 2010
  7. ^ Murex acanthostephes Watson, 1883. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ^ ^Houart, R. (2009). Murex aduncospinosus Sowerby, 1841. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215644 on 2010-08-06
  9. ^ Murex africanus Ponder & Vokes, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. ^ Murex altispira Ponder & Vokes, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. ^ Murex carbonnieri (Jousseaume, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ Murex concinnus Reeve, 1845. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  13. ^ Murex coppingeri E. A. Smith, 1884. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  14. ^ Houart, R. (2009). Murex djarianensis poppei Houart, 1979. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404977 on 2010-08-06
  15. ^ Murex falsitribulus Ponder & Vokes, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  16. ^ Murex forskoehli Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  17. ^ Murex hystricosus Houart & Dharma, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  18. ^ Murex kerslakae Ponder & Vokes, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  19. ^ Murex megapex Neubert, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  20. ^ Murex occa Sowerby, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  21. ^ Murex pecten Lightfoot, 1786. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  22. ^ Murex philippinensis Parth, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  23. ^ Murex queenslandicus Ponder & Vokes, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  24. ^ Murex salomonensis Parth, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  25. ^ Murex scolopax Dillwyn, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  26. ^ Murex somalicus Parth, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  27. ^ Murex spectabilis Ponder & Vokes, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  28. ^ Murex spicatus Ponder & Vokes, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  29. ^ Murex surinamensis Okutani, 1982. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  30. ^ Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  31. ^ Murex ternispina Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  32. ^ Murex trapa Roding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  33. ^ Murex tribulus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  34. ^ Murex troscheli Lischke, 1868. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  35. ^ Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database : Murex (Murex) singaporensis
  36. ^ Murex aedonius Watson, 1896. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  37. ^ Murex argo Clench & Farfante, 1945. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  38. ^ Murex blakeanus Vokes, 1967. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  39. ^ Murex edwardsi. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  40. ^ Murex gubbi Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  41. ^ Murex intertextus Helbling, 1779. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  42. ^ Murex maroccensis Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  43. ^ Murex monodon Sowerby, 1841. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  44. ^ Murex nassa Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  45. ^ Murex peritus Hinds, 1844a. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  46. ^ Murex purpuroides Dunker. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  47. ^ Murex recurvirostris. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  48. ^ Murex rota Sowerby. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  49. ^ Murex rubidus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  50. ^ Murex textilis Gabb, 1873. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  51. ^ Murex triqueter. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  52. ^ Murex tulipa Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  53. ^ Murex vittatus Broderip, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.-P. 2011. Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the World, Part Muricinae. 648 pp., 182 colour plates, Hackenheim. ISBN 978-3-939767-32-9.
  • Ponder, W.F. & E.H. Vokes. 1988. A revision of the Indo-West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s.s. and Haustellum (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 8. 160 pp.

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  • Aristotle, 350 B.C.E. A history of animals
  • Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

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For other uses see Murex disambiguation Murex is a genus of medium to large sized predatory tropical sea snails These are carnivorous marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae commonly called murexes or rock snails 1 MurexTemporal range Cretaceous Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NApertural view of the shell of Venus comb murex Murex pecten anterior end towards the bottom of the pageScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass GastropodaSubclass CaenogastropodaOrder NeogastropodaFamily MuricidaeSubfamily MuricinaeGenus MurexLinnaeus 1758SpeciesSee textSynonyms 1 Acupurpura Jousseaume 1880 Aranea Perry 1810 Invalid junior homonym of Aranea Linnaeus 1758 Arachnida Murex Murex Linnaeus 1758 accepted alternate representation Murex Promurex Ponder amp Vokes 1988 accepted alternate representation Muricites Schlotheim 1820 Invalid under Art 20 name established for fossils formed by adding the suffix ites to the genus name Murex Tubicauda Jousseaume 1880The common name murex is still used for many species in the family Muricidae which were originally given the Latin generic name Murex in the past but have more recently been regrouped into different newer genera The word murex was used by Aristotle in reference to these kinds of snails citation needed thus making it one of the oldest classical seashell names still in use by the scientific community Contents 1 Fossil records 2 Distribution 3 Habitat 4 Shell description 5 Human use 6 Species 7 References 8 External linksFossil records EditThis genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary age range from 125 45 to 0 0 million years ago Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world There are about 25 known extinct species 2 nbsp Murex altispira nbsp Fossil shell of Murex spinicosta from Pliocene of ItalyDistribution EditMurex is solely an Indo Pacific genus as demonstrated by Ponder amp Vokes 1988 The species from the western Atlantic that were formerly considered to belong to the genus Murex are now placed in the genus Haustellum citation needed Habitat EditMost Murex species live in the intertidal or shallow subtidal zone among rocks and corals citation needed Shell description EditThis genus includes many showy members their elongate shells highly sculptured with spines or fronds The inner surfaces of their ornate shells are often brightly colored citation needed Human use EditCostly and labor intensive dyes Tyrian purple or royal purple and tekhelet were historically made by the ancient Phoenicians and Jews respectively using mucus from the hypobranchial gland of two species commonly referred to as murex Murex brandaris and Murex trunculus which are the older names for Bolinus brandaris and Hexaplex trunculus 3 This dye is a rare animal produced organobromine compound which the snails make using a specific bromide peroxidase enzyme that operates on dissolved bromide in sea water 4 This dye was used in royal robes other kinds of special ceremonial or ritual garments or garments indicating high rank It is hypothesised that the dye was the same dye as that which featured prominently in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem the clothing of the High Priest of Israel officiating there it is sometimes still used by Jews today in the ritual fringes tzitzit on four cornered garments 5 A consensus has yet to be reached regarding the Biblical source of the blue dye Species EditThe genus Murex as originally defined by Linnaeus encompassed many taxa that are now placed elsewhere in the superfamily Muricoidea During the 19th century the definition of Murex was restricted by Lamarck and his contemporaries first to species in the family Muricidae and then was limited even further to the subfamilies Muricinae and Ocenebrinae Malacologists of the 19th century including Kiener Reeve Kuster amp Kobelt and Sowerby treated all muricoid forms as belonging to Murex This is the main reason why Murex has so many synonyms The World Register of Marine Species WoRMS lists the following species with accepted names within the genus Murex The subgenera are considered alternate representations 6 Murex acanthostephes Watson 1883 7 Murex aduncospinosus G B Sowerby II 1841 8 Murex africanus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 9 Murex altispira Ponder amp Vokes 1988 10 Caltrop murex Murex antelmei Viader 1938 Murex bonneti Cossmann 1903 Murex brevispina Lamarck 1822 Short spined murex Murex carbonnieri Jousseaume 1881 11 Carbonnier s murex Murex concinnus Reeve 1845 12 Murex coppingeri E A Smith 1884 13 Murex djarianensis Martin 1895 Murex djarianensis poppei 14 synonym Murex Murex poppei Houart 1979 Murex echinoides Houart 2011 Murex falsitribulus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 15 Murex forskoehlio Roding 1798 16 Murex huangi Houart 2010 Murex hystricosus Houart amp Dharma 2001 17 Murex indicus Houart 2011 Murex kerslakae Ponder amp Vokes 1988 18 Murex megapex Neubert 1998 19 Murex noae Holten 1802 Murex occa G B Sowerby II 1834 20 Harrowed murex Murex pecten Lightfoot 1786 21 Venus comb murex Murex pecten soelae Murex philippinensis Parth 1994 22 Murex protocrassus Houart 1990 Murex queenslandicus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 23 Murex salomonensis Parth 1994 24 Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817 25 False venus comb woodcock murex Murex somalicus Parth 1990 26 Murex spectabilis Ponder amp Vokes 1988 27 Murex spicatus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 28 Murex spinastreptos Houart 2010 Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982 29 Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822 30 Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822 31 Murex trapa Roding 1798 32 Rare spined murex Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758 1758 33 Caltrop murex Murex tribulus spicatus Murex tribulus tenuirostrum Murex tribulus tenuirostrum africanus Murex tribulus ternispina Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 34 Troschel s murex Species mentioned as species in current use in the Indo Pacific Molluscan Database OBIS Murex singaporensis A Adams 1853 35 Species brought into synonymyMurex aedonius Watson 1896 36 synonym of Coralliophila aedonia Watson 1885 Murex afer Gmelin 1791 synonym of Afer afer Gmelin 1791 Murex alocatus synonym of Pterymarchia barclayana H Adams 1873 Murex antillarum Antilles murex synonym of Siratus articulatus Reeve 1845 Murex argo Clench amp Farfante 1945 37 synonym of Chicoreus Triplex spectrum Reeve 1846 Murex belcheri Hinds 1843 synonym of Forreria belcheri Hinds 1843 Murex bellus Reeve 1845 synonym of Vokesimurex bellus Reeve 1845 Murex blakeanus Vokes 1967 38 synonym of Vokesimurex blakeanus Vokes 1967 Murex brandaris Linnaeus 1758 synonym of Bolinus brandaris Linnaeus 1758 Murex canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 synonym of Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 Murex capitellum Linnaeus 1758 synonym of Vasum capitellum Linnaeus 1758 Murex corallinus Scacchi 1836 synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata Lamarck 1822 Murex corneus Linnaeus 1758 synonym of Euthria cornea Linnaeus 1758 Murex coronatus Born 1778 synonym of Pseudovertagus aluco Linnaeus 1758 Murex edwardsii 39 synonym of Ocinebrina edwardsii Payraudeau 1826 Murex garciai Petuch 1987 synonym of Vokesimurex garciai Petuch 1987 Murex gubbi Reeve 1849 40 synonym of Chicocenebra gubbi Reeve 1849 Murex inconspicuus G B Sowerby II 1841 synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata Lamarck 1822 Murex intertextus Helbling 1779 41 synonym ofCumia reticulata Murex jickelii Tapparone Canefri 1875 synonym of Naquetia jickelii Tapparone Canefri 1875 Murex lindajoycae Petuch 1987 synonym of Vokesimurex lindajoycae Petuch 1987 Murex longicornis Dunker 1864 synonym of Chicoreus longicornis Dunker 1864 Murex maroccensis Gmelin 1791 42 synonym of Fusinus maroccensis Murex monodon Sowerby 1825 43 synonym of Chicoreus Chicoreus cornucervi Roding 1798 Murex nassa Gmelin 1791 44 synonym of Leucozonia nassa Gmelin 1791 Murex nebula Montagu 1803 synonym of Bela nebula Montagu 1803 Murex peritus Hinds 1844a 45 synonym of Favartia Favartia perita Hinds 1844 Murex pistacia Reeve 1845 synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata Lamarck 1822 Murex purpuroides Dunker 46 synonym of Vaughtia purpuroides Reeve 1845 Murex recurvirostris 47 synonym of Vokesimurex recurvirostrum Broderip 1833 Murex rota Sowerby 48 synonym of Homalocantha anatomica Perry 1811 Murex rubidus 49 synonym of Vokesimurex rubidus F C Baker 1897 Murex serratospinosus Dunker 1883 synonym of Vokesimurex mindanaoensis G B Sowerby II 1841 Murex subaciculatus Locard 1886 synonym of Ocinebrina aciculata Lamarck 1822 Murex taxus Dillwyn 1817 synonym of Clavatula taxea Roding 1798 Murex textilis Brocchi 1814 50 synonym of Rimosodaphnella textilis Brocchi 1814 Murex triqueter 51 synonym ofNaquetia triqueter Born 1778 Murex tulipa Linnaeus 1758 52 synonym of Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758 Murex turbinellus Linnaeus 1758 synonym of Vasum turbinellus Linnaeus 1758 Murex vittatus Broderip 1833 53 synonym of Favartia Favartia vittata Broderip 1833 References Edit a b Houart R Gofas S 2010 Murex Linnaeus 1758 In Bouchet P Gofas S Rosenberg G 2010 World Marine Mollusca database Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http www marinespecies org aphia php p taxdetails amp id 138196 on 2011 04 09 Fossilworks Sukenik Naama Iluz David Amar Zohar Varvak Alexander Shamir Orit Ben Yosef Erez 2021 Early evidence of royal purple dyed textile from Timna Valley Israel PLOS ONE 16 1 e0245897 Bibcode 2021PLoSO 1645897S doi 10 1371 journal pone 0245897 PMC 7842898 PMID 33507987 Jannun R Nuwayhid N and Coe E 1981 Biological bromination bromoperoxidase activity in the Murex sea snail FASEB J 40 1774 Tekhelet Biblical Blue Dye for Tzitzit WoRMS Murex 23 December 2010 Murex acanthostephes Watson 1883 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Houart R 2009 Murex aduncospinosus Sowerby 1841 Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http www marinespecies org aphia php p taxdetails amp id 215644 on 2010 08 06 Murex africanus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex altispira Ponder amp Vokes 1988 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex carbonnieri Jousseaume 1881 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex concinnus Reeve 1845 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex coppingeri E A Smith 1884 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Houart R 2009 Murex djarianensis poppei Houart 1979 Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http www marinespecies org aphia php p taxdetails amp id 404977 on 2010 08 06 Murex falsitribulus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex forskoehli Roding 1798 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex hystricosus Houart amp Dharma 2001 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex kerslakae Ponder amp Vokes 1988 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex megapex Neubert 1998 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex occa Sowerby 1834 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex pecten Lightfoot 1786 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex philippinensis Parth 1994 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex queenslandicus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex salomonensis Parth 1994 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex scolopax Dillwyn 1817 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex somalicus Parth 1990 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex spectabilis Ponder amp Vokes 1988 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex spicatus Ponder amp Vokes 1988 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex surinamensis Okutani 1982 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex tenuirostrum Lamarck 1822 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex ternispina Lamarck 1822 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex trapa Roding 1798 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex tribulus Linnaeus 1758 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex troscheli Lischke 1868 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Indo Pacific Molluscan Database Murex Murex singaporensis Murex aedonius Watson 1896 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex argo Clench amp Farfante 1945 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex blakeanus Vokes 1967 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex edwardsi Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex gubbi Reeve 1849 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex intertextus Helbling 1779 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex maroccensis Gmelin 1791 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex monodon Sowerby 1841 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex nassa Gmelin 1791 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex peritus Hinds 1844a Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex purpuroides Dunker Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex recurvirostris Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex rota Sowerby Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex rubidus Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex textilis Gabb 1873 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex triqueter Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex tulipa Linnaeus 1758 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Murex vittatus Broderip 1833 Retrieved through World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010 Merle D Garrigues B amp Pointier J P 2011 Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the World Part Muricinae 648 pp 182 colour plates Hackenheim ISBN 978 3 939767 32 9 Ponder W F amp E H Vokes 1988 A revision of the Indo West Pacific fossil and Recent species of Murex s s and Haustellum Mollusca Gastropoda Muricidae Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 8 160 pp External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Murex Aristotle 350 B C E A history of animals Sowerby G B II 1874 Monograph of the genus Mitra In G B Sowerby II ed Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells Vol 4 31 32 1 46 pls 352 379 London privately published Retrieved from https en 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