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Bolinus brandaris brandaris

(Linnaeus, C., 1758) Purple Dye Murex Shell size 45 - 128 mm W & C Mediterranean; Portugal - Morocco
Taxonomic Information
ClassGASTROPODA ORTHOGASTROPODA
OrderNEOGASTROPODA
SuperFamilyMURICOIDEA
FamilyMURICIDAE MURICINAE
open bookPage/Plate
Systema Naturaeed. X, Stockholm, 1, p 747
Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the WorldPart MURICINAE, p 304; Pl. 30/1-9
Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropodsp 255/8
The Shell Handbookp 121
Hamlyn Guide to Shells of the Worldp 158
Shell Encyclopediap 127
Collector's guide to Seashells of the Worldp 88/3
Compendium of Seashellsp 138/3.2
M.B. Pocket Guide to Shells of the Worldp 94
Spotters Guide to Shellsp 18
Eyewitness handbooks - Shellsp 109
European Seashellsp 269/1-6
Atlas Malacolňgic del Delta de l'Ebrep 68/Pl. 198
Murex Shells of the Worldp 28-29; Pl. 11/8
Recent Mediterranean & Northeastern Atlantic Muricidaep 35/35; 157/208-162/236
Synonyms
Murex clavaherculis Röding, P.F., 1798
Purpura fuliginosa Röding, P.F., 1798
Murex tuberculatus Röding, P.F., 1798
Aranea cinerea Perry, G., 1811
Conchology (London)Pl. 46/4
Murex clavatum Schumacher, H.C.F., 1817
Murex coronatus Risso, A., 1826
Murex trifariaspinosus Frauenfeld, G.R. von, 1869
Murex brandariformis Locard, E.A.A., 1886
Murex brandaris quadrispinosa Dautzenberg, Ph., 1904
Smithsonian Misc. Coll.Vol. 47/1475, p 114-144
Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the WorldPart MURICINAE, Pl. 30/5
cameraImage Acknowledgments
1 George Sangiouloglou
2 Greg Daniell
3 Guido Poppe
4 @ Igor V. Ilyukhin
5 Femorale
6 Paul Kersten
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