Editing Murex (section)

== Species ==
The genus ''Murex'', as originally defined by [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], encompassed many taxa that are now placed elsewhere in the superfamily [[Muricoidea]]. During the 19th century, the definition  of ''Murex'' was restricted by [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|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 [[Louis Charles Kiener|Kiener]], [[Lovell Augustus Reeve|Reeve]], Küster & [[Wilhelm Kobelt|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.<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138196 WoRMS : Murex] 23 December 2010</ref>
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* ''[[Murex acanthostephes]]'' <small>Watson, 1883</small><ref>{{WRMS species|398813|''Murex acanthostephes'' Watson, 1883||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex aduncospinosus]]'' <small>G.B. Sowerby II, 1841</small>:<ref>^[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215644 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]</ref> 
* ''[[Murex africanus]]'' <small>Ponder & Vokes, 1988</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404972|''Murex africanus'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex altispira]]'' <small>Ponder & Vokes, 1988</small><ref>{{WRMS species|398836|''Murex altispira'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988||25 April 2010}}</ref> [[Caltrop murex]]
* ''[[Murex antelmei]]'' <small>Viader, 1938</small>
* † ''[[Murex bonneti]]'' <small>Cossmann, 1903</small> 
* ''[[Murex brevispina]]'' <small>Lamarck, 1822</small> [[Short-spined murex]]
* † ''[[Murex camplytropis]]'' <small>Tate, 1888</small> 
* ''[[Murex carbonnieri]]'' <small>(Jousseaume, 1881)</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404223|''Murex carbonnieri'' (Jousseaume, 1881)||25 April 2010}}</ref> [[Carbonnier's murex]]
* ''[[Murex concinnus]]'' <small>Reeve, 1845</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404264|''Murex concinnus'' Reeve, 1845||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex coppingeri]]'' <small>E. A. Smith, 1884</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404266|''Murex coppingeri'' E. A. Smith, 1884||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* † ''[[Murex crassiliratus]]'' <small>Tate, 1888</small> 
* ''[[Murex djarianensis]]'' <small>Martin, 1895</small>
** ''[[Murex djarianensis poppei]]''<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=404977  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]</ref> (synonym : ''Murex (Murex) poppei'' Houart, 1979)
* ''[[Murex echinodes]]'' <small>Houart, 2011</small>
* ''[[Murex falsitribulus]]'' <small>Ponder & Vokes, 1988</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404363|''Murex falsitribulus'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex forskoehlio]]'' <small>Röding, 1798</small><ref>{{WRMS species|463926 |''Murex forskoehli'' Röding, 1798||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* † ''[[Murex grooti]]'' <small>H. M. Jenkins, 1864</small> 
* † ''[[Murex guppyi]]'' <small>Ladd, 1977</small> 
* † ''[[Murex halli]]'' <small>d'Archiac & Haime, 1854</small> 
* ''[[Murex huangi]]'' <small>Houart, 2010</small>
* ''[[Murex hystricosus]]'' <small>Houart & Dharma, 2001</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404504|''Murex hystricosus'' Houart & Dharma, 2001||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex indicus]]'' <small>Houart, 2011</small>
* † ''[[Murex irregularis]]'' <small>Tate, 1888</small> 
* ''[[Murex kerslakae]]'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988<ref>{{WRMS species|404526|''Murex kerslakae'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* † ''[[Murex lyelli]]'' <small>d'Archiac & Haime, 1854</small> (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
* ''[[Murex megapex]]'' Neubert, 1998<ref>{{WRMS species|404619|''Murex megapex'' Neubert, 1998||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* † ''[[Murex minutus]]'' <small>R. M. Johnston, 1880</small> 
* † ''[[Murex nasongoensis]]'' <small>Ladd, 1977</small> 
* † ''[[Murex noae]]'' <small>Holten, 1802</small> 
* ''[[Murex occa]]'' <small>G.B. Sowerby II, 1834</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404659|''Murex occa'' Sowerby, 1834||25 April 2010}}</ref> Harrowed murex
* † ''[[Murex paradoxicus]]'' H. <small>M. Jenkins, 1864</small> 
* ''[[Murex pecten]]'' <small>Lightfoot, 1786</small><ref>{{WRMS species|215663|''Murex pecten'' Lightfoot, 1786||25 April 2010}}</ref> ': [[Venus comb murex]]
** ''[[Murex pecten soelae]]''
* ''[[Murex philippinensis]]'' <small>Parth, 1994</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404697|''Murex philippinensis'' Parth, 1994||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex protocrassus]]'' <small>Houart, 1990</small>
* ''[[Murex queenslandicus]]'' <small>Ponder & Vokes, 1988</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404728|''Murex queenslandicus'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* † ''[[Murex roemeri]]'' <small>d'Archiac & Haime, 1854</small> 
* ''[[Murex salomonensis]]'' <small>Parth, 1994</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404800|''Murex salomonensis'' Parth, 1994||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex scolopax]]'' <small>Dillwyn, 1817</small><ref>{{WRMS species|215637|''Murex scolopax'' Dillwyn, 1817||25 April 2010}}</ref> [[False venus comb]], woodcock murex
* ''[[Murex somalicus]]'' <small>Parth, 1990</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404826|''Murex somalicus'' Parth, 1990||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex spectabilis]]'' <small>Ponder & Vokes, 1988</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404829|''Murex spectabilis'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex spicatus]]'' <small>Ponder & Vokes, 1988</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404832|''Murex spicatus'' Ponder & Vokes, 1988||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex spinastreptos]]'' <small>Houart, 2010</small>
* † ''[[Murex spinicosta]]'' <small>Bronn, 1831</small> 
* ''[[Murex surinamensis]]'' <small>Okutani, 1982</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404850|''Murex surinamensis'' Okutani, 1982||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex suttipraneeae]]'' <small>Gra-tes, 2023</small>
* † ''[[Murex tchihatcheffi]]'' <small>d'Archiac & Haime, 1854</small> 
* ''[[Murex tenuirostrum]]'' <small>Lamarck, 1822</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404859|''Murex tenuirostrum'' Lamarck, 1822||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex ternispina]]'' <small>Lamarck, 1822</small><ref>{{WRMS species|215662|''Murex ternispina'' Lamarck, 1822||25 April 2010}}</ref>
* ''[[Murex trapa]]'' <small>Roding, 1798</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404879|''Murex trapa'' Roding, 1798||25 April 2010}}</ref> [[Rare-spined murex]]
* ''[[Murex tribulus]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758</small>, [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]:<ref>{{WRMS species|215641|''Murex tribulus'' Linnaeus, 1758||25 April 2010}}</ref> [[Murex tribulus|Caltrop murex]]
** ''[[Murex tribulus|Murex tribulus spicatus]]''
** ''[[Murex tribulus| Murex tribulus tenuirostrum]]''
** ''[[Murex tribulus| Murex tribulus tenuirostrum africanus]]''
** ''[[Murex tribulus|Murex tribulus ternispina]]''
* ''[[Murex troscheli]]'' <small>Lischke, 1868</small><ref>{{WRMS species|404897|''Murex troscheli'' Lischke, 1868||25 April 2010}}</ref> Troschel's murex
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;Species mentioned as species in current use in the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database (OBIS) :
* ''[[Murex singaporensis]]'' <small>A.Adams, 1853</small><ref>[http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/78425 Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database :    Murex (Murex) singaporensis]</ref>

;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Murex aedonius'' Watson, 1896:<ref>{{WRMS species|404033|''Murex aedonius'' Watson, 1896||25 April 2010}}</ref> 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 & Farfante, 1945:<ref>{{WRMS species|404013|''Murex argo'' Clench & Farfante, 1945||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Chicoreus spectrum|Chicoreus (Triplex) spectrum]]'' (Reeve, 1846)
* ''Murex belcheri'' <small>Hinds, 1843</small> : synonym of ''[[Forreria belcheri]]'' <small>(Hinds, 1843)</small> 
* ''Murex bellus'' Reeve, 1845: synonym of ''[[Vokesimurex bellus]]'' (Reeve, 1845) 
* ''Murex blakeanus'' <small>Vokes, 1967</small>:<ref>{{WRMS species|404052|''Murex blakeanus'' Vokes, 1967||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Vokesimurex blakeanus]]'' <small>(Vokes, 1967)</small>
* ''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'':<ref>{{WRMS species|404328|''Murex edwardsi'' ||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Ocinebrina edwardsii]]'' (Payraudeau, 1826)
* ''Murex garciai'' Petuch, 1987: synonym of ''[[Vokesimurex garciai]]'' (Petuch, 1987) 
* ''Murex gubbi'' Reeve, 1849:<ref>{{WRMS species|404485|''Murex gubbi'' Reeve, 1849||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Chicocenebra gubbi]]'' (Reeve, 1849)
* ''Murex inconspicuus'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1841: synonym of ''[[Ocinebrina aciculata]]'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Murex intertextus'' Helbling, 1779:<ref>{{WRMS species|447212|''Murex intertextus'' Helbling, 1779||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of'' [[Cumia 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'' <small>Dunker, 1864</small>: synonym of ''[[Chicoreus longicornis]]'' <small>(Dunker, 1864)</small> 
* ''Murex maroccensis'' Gmelin, 1791:<ref>{{WRMS species|447206|''Murex maroccensis'' Gmelin, 1791||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of [[Fusinus maroccensis]]
* ''Murex monodon'' Sowerby, 1825:<ref>{{WRMS species|404048|''Murex monodon'' Sowerby, 1841||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Chicoreus cornucervi|Chicoreus (Chicoreus) cornucervi]]'' (Röding, 1798)
* ''Murex nassa'' Gmelin, 1791:<ref>{{WRMS species|447213|''Murex nassa'' Gmelin, 1791||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Leucozonia nassa]]'' (Gmelin, 1791)
* ''Murex nebula'' <small>Montagu, 1803</small>: synonym of ''[[Bela nebula]]'' <small>(Montagu, 1803)</small>
* ''Murex peritus'' Hinds, 1844a:<ref>{{WRMS species|404692|''Murex peritus'' Hinds, 1844a||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Favartia perita|Favartia (Favartia) perita]]'' (Hinds, 1844)
* ''Murex pistacia'' Reeve, 1845: synonym of ''[[Ocinebrina aciculata]]'' (Lamarck, 1822)
* ''Murex purpuroides'' Dunker:<ref>{{WRMS species|215660|''Murex purpuroides'' Dunker||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Vaughtia purpuroides]]'' (Reeve, 1845)
* ''Murex recurvirostris'':<ref>{{WRMS species|404738|''Murex recurvirostris'' ||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Vokesimurex recurvirostrum]]'' (Broderip, 1833)
* ''Murex rota'' Sowerby:<ref>{{WRMS species|215633|''Murex rota'' Sowerby||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Homalocantha anatomica]]'' (Perry, 1811)
* ''Murex rubidus'':<ref>{{WRMS species|404752|''Murex rubidus'' ||25 April 2010}}</ref> 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]]'' (Röding, 1798)
* † ''Murex textilis'' Brocchi, 1814:<ref>{{WRMS species|408592|''Murex textilis'' Gabb, 1873||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of † ''[[Rimosodaphnella textilis]]'' (Brocchi, 1814) 
* ''Murex triqueter'':<ref>{{WRMS species|404016|''Murex triqueter'' ||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of'' [[Naquetia triqueter]]'' (Born, 1778)
* ''Murex tulipa'' Linnaeus, 1758:<ref>{{WRMS species|447198|''Murex tulipa'' Linnaeus, 1758||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Fasciolaria tulipa]]'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Murex turbinellus'' Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of ''[[Vasum turbinellus]]'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Murex vittatus'' Broderip, 1833:<ref>{{WRMS species|404941|''Murex vittatus'' Broderip, 1833||25 April 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''[[Favartia vittata|Favartia (Favartia) vittata]]'' (Broderip, 1833)