AuthorCecalupo, A.
Year2011
TitleMurex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 (currently Cerithiopsis tubercularis; Mollusca, Gastropoda, CERITHIOPSIDAE): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype
TypePaper
SourceThe Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature Vol 68: 41-46.
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Proposal to stabilize some names in Cerithiopsis. Also clarifies the identity of Montagu’s specimens, the Forbes and Hanley interpetation and current usage of names in this group.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
Current[Cerithiopsis tubercularis s.l.]a group of closely similar gastropod molluscsAnimalia: Cerithiopsidae
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