Several names share this combination and are defined under the rules of the zoological code. The species name Murex spinicosta might be an homonymy case.

Murex spinicosta Valenciennes, 1842

Zoology

Bibliographic references

, - Genre Rocher (Murex), Linné. Volume 7. In: Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Famille des canalifères, p. 130 pp
 

Name-bearing type

SYNTYPE(S) MNHN-IM-2000-265

Taxonomy

Mollusca 1
Gastropoda 1
Neogastropoda 1
Muricidae 1
Murex 1

Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Mollusques (IM) 1

Murex spinicosta BRONN in MICHELOTTI, 1841

Zoology

Bibliographic references

, - Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128, 5 figures
 
, - Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the World. Part Muricinae, p. 1-648
 
, - Les Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) du Pliocène Inférieur de Catalogne (France, Espagne). Palaeontos, t. 23, p. 1-43
 

Types and valuable specimens

FIGURÉ MNHN.F.A27473
FIGURÉ MNHN.F.A51280
FIGURÉ MNHN.F.A50474
FIGURÉ MNHN.F.A27475
FIGURÉ MNHN.F.A27474
FIGURÉ MNHN.F.A27663

Taxonomy

Mollusca 9
Gastropoda 9
Neogastropoda 9
Muricidae 9
Murex 9

Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Paléontologie (F) 9