Murex spp.

Geiger, Daniel L., 2022, Anton August Heinrich Lichtenstein’s (1794) Catalogus Rerum Naturalium Rarissimarum, pars secunda. Facsimile edition and annotated translation, Zootaxa 5127 (1), pp. 1-126 : 116

Murex spp. of Lichtenstein (1794)

In the eighteenth century, the generic concept of Murex included a mixture of modern Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda families: Buccinidae , Cymatiidae , Fasciolariidae , Melongenidae , Muricidae , Ranellidae , and Turridae ( Table 1).