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Murex
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23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
rare-spined murex
speciesMurex trapa
Short-spined Murex
speciesMurex brevispina
Murex acanthostephes
speciesMurex acanthostephes
Forsskål's murex
speciesMurex forskoehlii
Black-spined Murex
speciesMurex ternispina
Murex tenuirostrum
speciesMurex tenuirostrum
Murex tribulus
speciesMurex tribulus
Venus' Comb Murex
speciesMurex pecten
harrowed murex
speciesMurex occa
Murex carbonnieri
speciesMurex carbonnieri
Murex coppingeri
speciesMurex coppingeri
Murex indicus
speciesMurex indicus
Murex djarianensis
speciesMurex djarianensis
False Venus Comb
speciesMurex scolopax
caltrop murex
speciesMurex altispira
Murex echinodes
speciesMurex echinodes
Murex troscheli
speciesMurex troscheli
short-spined murex
speciesMurex aduncospinosus
Murex africanus
speciesMurex africanus
Murex spinastreptos
speciesMurex spinastreptos
Murex antelmei
speciesMurex antelmei
Murex megapex
speciesMurex megapex
Murex somalicus
speciesMurex somalicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Georg Eberhard Rumphius — D'Amboinsche rariteitkamer (1705)
Georg Eberhard Rumphius · 1705 · p.179
Metallic Museum
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1648 · p.486
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.705
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.297
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.475
Cosmographey: das ist Beschreibung aller Laender
Münster, Sebastian · 1598 · p.1485
Description of Less Known and Rare Plants
Fabio Colonna · 1616 · p.410
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De reliquis animalibus exanguibus, utpote de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis & zoophytis, libri quatuor post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1618 · p.126
Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... De reliquis animalibus exanguibus, utpote de mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis & zoophytis, libri quatuor post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1618 · p.98
Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1623 · p.191
Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1623 · p.126
Vlyssis Aldrovandi Philosophi Ac Medici Bononiensis Historiam Naturalem in Gymnasio ibidem olim profitentis De Reliquis Animalibus exanguibus, utpote De Mollibus, De Crustaceis, De Testaceis & De Zoophytis Libri Quatuor Post mortem eius editi
Aldrovandi, Ulisse · 1623 · p.98
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50765.