Published December 27, 2013 | Version v1
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Semiricinula Martens 1904

  • 1. Research associate, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, rue Vautier 29, B- 1000 Bruxelles (Belgium) roland. houart @ skynet. be
  • 2. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique & Évolution, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) malaco @ mnhn. fr

Description

Genus Semiricinula Martens, 1904

TYPE SPECIES. — Purpura muricina Blainville, 1832 (Indo-West Pacific) (by original designation).

REMARKS

There are currently nine or ten species of Semiricinula occurring in the Indo-West Pacific (Claremont et al. 2013a). Only two, S. turbinoides (Blainville, 1832) and T. tricolorata Bozzetti, 2010, a probable Semiricinula, live off Madagascar. The genus occurs throughout the Indo-West Pacific, from South Africa (Houart et al. 2011: 259) to Japan (Tsuchiya 2000: 397, pl. 97, figs 173 [as Thais muricata] and 176 [as Thais sp.]; 399, pl.198, fig.180 [as Thais squamigera]) and French Polynesia (Houart & Tröndlé 2008).

Notes

Published as part of Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2013, Description of new Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) collected during the ATIMO VATAE expedition to Madagascar " Deep South ", pp. 503-523 in Zoosystema 35 (4) on page 518, DOI: 10.5252/z2013n4a5, http://zenodo.org/record/5165337

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Muricidae
Genus
Semiricinula
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Neogastropoda
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Martens
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Semiricinula Martens, 1904 sec. Houart & Héros, 2013

References

  • CLAREMONT M., VERMEIJ G. J., WILLIAMS S. T. & REID D. G. 2013 a. - Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91 - 102.
  • HOUART R., KILBURN R. N. & MARAIS A. P. 2011. - Muricidae, in MARAIS A. P & SECCOMBE A. D., Identification Guide to the Seashells of South Africa. Vol. 1: 177 - 270. Centre for Molluscan Studies, Groenkloof, 376 p.
  • TSUCHIYA K. 2000. - Muricidae, in OKUTANI T. (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo: 364 - 421.
  • HOUART R. & TRONDLE J. 2008. - Update of Muricidae (excluding Coralliophilinae) from French Polynesia with description of ten new species. Novapex 9 (2 - 3): 53 - 93.