Murex microphyllus

curly murex

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Muricidae

Collected by: Morning Star; J.S. EmersonJoseph Swift Emerson →M. Brown Of The Morning Star →
Date: May 21, 1930
Locality: Mortlock Islands
Region: Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
Coordinates: 5.6496, 153.4524 ± 48,996 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

4 Bishop specimens of Murex microphyllus · collected 1930–1957Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On May 21, 1930, Morning Star; J.S. Emerson also collected 24+ other specimens.

Cite this specimen

Murex microphyllus. BPBM 68755. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37626223. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/68755.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 37626223 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 27, 2026