Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata, common name Blainville's muricop, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Synonyms
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Fusus asperrimus Millet, 1865 (junior homonym of Fusus asperrimus T. Brown, 1827)
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Fusus dodecanesinus Bevilacqua, 1928
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Murex blainvillei Payraudeau, 1826
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Murex blainvillei var. aterrima Dautzenberg, 1890
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Murex blainvillei var. bicolor Monterosato, 1878
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Murex blainvillei var. gracilis Monterosato in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
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Murex blainvillei var. gracilis Monterosato, 1870
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Murex blainvillei var. minor Praus, 1906
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Murex blainvillei var. rosea Monterosato, 1878 in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
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Murex blainvillei var. trophoniformis Monterosato, 1884
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Murex blainvillei var. violacea Monterosato, in Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
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Murex blainvillii Payraudeau, 1826
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Murex blainvillii var. bicolor Monterosato, 1878
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Murex cataphractus Sowerby, 1834
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Murex cinosurus Chiereghini in Nardo, 1847
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Murex cristatus Brocchi, 1814 (basionym)
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Murex cristatus var. adellus de Gregorio, 1885
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Murex cristatus var. ampa de Gregorio, 1885
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Murex cristatus var. ampus de Gregorio, 1885
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Murex cristatus var. berdica de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
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Murex cristatus var. berdicus de Gregorio, 1885
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Murex cristatus var. emus de Gregorio, 1885
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Murex cristatus var. expallescens Tapparone Canefri, 1869
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Murex cristatus var. inermis Philippi, 1836
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Murex dentatus Anton, 1838
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Murex inermis Philippi, 1836
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Murex inermis trifasciata Nordsieck, 1972
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Murex pliciferus Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
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Murex porrectus Locard, 1886
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Murex pustulatus Locard, 1899
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Murex rudis Risso, 1826
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Murex rugulosa O.G. Costa, 1861
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Murex subspinosus A. Adams, 1854
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Muricidea blainvillei [sic] (misspelling of Muricidea blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826))
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Muricidea blainvillei var. trophoniformis Weinkauff, 1868)
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Muricidea polliaeformis Weinkauff, 1868
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Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi, 1814)· accepted, alternate representation
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Muricopsis atra Nordsieck, 1972
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Muricopsis blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826)
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. hispida Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. horrida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. oblonga Stalio in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. rosea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. spinulata Coen, 1937
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. spinulosa Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. spinulosa Stalio in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. umbilicata Coen, 1930
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Muricopsis blainvillei var. violacea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
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Muricopsis blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
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Muricopsis blainvillii var. horrida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis blainvillii var. oblonga Stalio in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis blainvillii var. spinulosa Stalio in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis cristatus (Brocchi, 1814)
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Muricopsis cristatus major Settepassi, 1977
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Muricopsis cristatus pungens Monterosato in Settepassi, 1977
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Muricopsis cristatus spinulatus Stalio in Settepassi, 1977
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Muricopsis glutinosa Palazzi & Villari, 2001 (dubious synonym)
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Muricopsis hispida Monterosato in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis inermis (Philippi, 1836)
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Muricopsis inermis trifasciata Nordsieck, 1972
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Muricopsis spinulosa Stalio in Coen, 1933
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Muricopsis spinulosa obsoleta Nordsieck, 1972
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Ocinebra blainvillei [sic] (misspelling of Ocinebra blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826))
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Ocinebra blainvillei var. elongata Locard & Caziot, 1900
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Ocinebra blainvillei var. ventricosa Locard & Caziot, 1900
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Ocinebrina blainvillei (Payraudeau, 1826)
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Ocinebrina blainvillei var. hirsuta Pallary, 1904
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Ocinebrina blainvillii (Payraudeau, 1826)
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Pollia coccinea Monterosato, 1884 (dubious synonym)
Fossil records
The fossil record dates back to the Pliocene (age range: from 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago).[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 35 mm.[3] Size, color and morphology are very variable. The whorls have a variable number of more or less prominent varices showing foliaceous or spinose projections. They have a well-developed siphonal canal, and the siphon is quite elongated.[4]
Distribution
This quite common species ioccurs in the Mediterranean Sea, in the Atlantic Ocean off Portugal, Morocco and the Canaries and in the Red Sea.[3]
References
- Nordsieck, F. (1972). Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona-Bucht in Israël. Archiv für Molluskenkunde der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 102(4–6): 227–245.
- Palazzi, S.; Villari, A. (2001). Molluschi e Brachiopodi delle grotte sottomarine del Taorminense. La Conchiglia. 297, suppl., 56 pp
- Nordsieck, F. (1972). Marine Gastropoden aus der Shiqmona-Bucht in Israël. Archiv für Molluskenkunde der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 102(4–6): 227–245.
- Coen G. (1933). Saggio di una Sylloge Molluscorum Adriaticorum. Memorie del Regio Comitato Talassografico Italiano 192: pp. i-vii, 1–186
- Ceulemans L., van Dingenen F., Merle D. & Landau B.M. (2016). The lower Pliocene gastropods of Le Pigeon Blanc (Loire-Atlantique, northwest France). Part 3) – Muricidae. Vita Malacologica. 15: 35–55.
- Landau B.M., Merle D., Ceulemans L. & Van Dingenen F. (2019). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 3. Muricidae. Cainozoic Research. 19(1): 3–44.
