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Murex maroccensis
Gmelin, 1791
AphiaID
447206
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:447206)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae
Muricinae
Murex
Murex maroccensis
Status
unaccepted >
superseded combination
Accepted name
Sinistralia maroccensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Rank
Species
Type taxon of
Sinistralia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Parent
Murex
Linnaeus, 1758
Original name
Murex maroccensis
Gmelin, 1791
Environment
marine
Original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
,
available online at
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3558
[details]
Type data
Note
Morocco
Type locality
Morocco
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase.
Murex maroccensis
Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447206 on 2026-07-20
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Murex maroccensis
Gmelin, 1791. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=447206 on 2026-07-20
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2010-01-12 13:44:03Z
created
Tran, Bastien
2010-07-05 09:58:42Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2014-01-31 07:34:01Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2024-12-15 12:22:04Z
changed
Dekker, Henk
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original description
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
,
available online at
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3558
[details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality
Morocco
[details]
To PESI