Holotype of Murex (Murexsul) carnicolor

Date Collected:

1879-03-05

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Barbados | off Barbados

Media type: image; Malacology 7305

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Media type: image; Malacology 7305

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Media type: image; Malacology 7305

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Media type: image; Malacology 7305

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Current Identification
Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Neogastropoda Muricoidea Muricidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Murex (Murexsul) carnicolor Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Caenogastropoda Neogastropoda Muricoidea Muricidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration

Media type: text; Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 Description: The Genus Murex in the Western Atlantic;

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Shows Publication: Clench and Pérez Farfante 1945 Description: The Genus Murex in the Western Atlantic

Media type: text; Johnson 2003 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CLVIII no. 1;

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Shows Publication: Johnson 2003 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. CLVIII no. 1

  • station number: 273

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)

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  • Specimen in vial (see images below), although MCZ number 7305 is in the vial as well, is not the same as the specimen illustrated by Clench & Farfante, 1945. Specimen label data, however is the same.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Country:
  • Barbados
  • Specific Locality:
  • off Barbados
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Off Barbados
  • Depth:
  • 103 fms
  • Georeference:
  • 13.0513888°, -59.605000° (Error radius: Unknown) By: [no agent data] on 1879-03-05 (Source: Lists of Dredging Stations in North American Water from 1867-1887 by Sanderson Smith)
  • Datum:
  • unknown
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • deg. min. sec. (13° 3′ 5″ N  59° 36′ 18″ W)
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1879-03-05
  • Verbatim Date:
  • March 5, 1879
  • Collector:
  • USCSS Blake Expeditions

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Media type: text; Malacology 7301;  7302;  7303;  7304;  7305;  7306;  7307;  7308;  7309;  7310;  7311;  7312;  7313;  7314;  7315;  7316;  7317;  7318;  7319;  7320;  7321;  7322;  7323;  7324;  7325 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 006001-012000, pg.53;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:7301 Murex hidalgoi to MCZ:Mala:7325 C...

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