About Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Murex brevispina Lamarck, 1822, commonly called the Short-spined murex, is a species of large predatory sea snail. It is classified as a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the family of rock snails or murex snails. Currently accepted subspecies of Murex brevispina are: Murex brevispina brevispina Lamarck, 1822; Murex brevispina macgillivrayi Dohrn, 1862; Murex brevispina ornamentalis Ponder & E. H. Vokes, 1988; Murex brevispina senilis Jousseaume, 1874; Murex brevispina toliaraensis Bozzetti, 2020. Murex brevispina albus Bozzetti, 2020 is treated as a synonym of Murex brevispina toliaraensis Bozzetti, 2020. This designation is invalid because Murex brevispina albus is a junior homonym of Murex craticulatus var. albus Scacchi, 1836, so M. brevispina toliaraensis was created as a replacement name.
