Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

SYNONYMS (Source: WoRMS-World Register of Marine Species):
Aranea cinera Perry, 1811 (synonym)
Bolinus brandaris var. adunca Coen, 1933 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Bolinus brandaris var. bicaudata Coen, 1933 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Bolinus brandaris var. cingulata Coen, 1933 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Bolinus brandaris var. delicatula Coen, 1925 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Bolinus brandaris var. ecaudata Coen, 1933 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Bolinus brandaris var. fragilis Coen, 1933 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Bolinus brandaris var. polii Monterosato in Coen, 1933 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Haustellum clavatum Schumacher, 1817 (synonym)
Murex brandariformis Locard, 1886
Murex brandaris Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
Murex brandaris brandellus Settepassi, 1970
Murex brandaris brevispinis Settepassi, 1970 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Murex brandaris commixtus Settepassi, 1970
Murex brandaris insculptus Settepassi, 1970
Murex brandaris longiaculeatus Settepassi, 1970
Murex brandaris ponderosus Settepassi, 1970
Murex brandaris spinosus Settepassi, 1970
Murex brandaris subcornutus Settepassi, 1970
Murex brandaris var. aculeata Philippi, 1836 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. adunca Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. bicaudata Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. bifida Coen, 1937 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. canaliaspinosa Serradell, 1912 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. canaliaspinosus Serradell, 1912
Murex brandaris var. cingulata Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. compacta Pallary, 1912
Murex brandaris var. conica Serradell, 1912
Murex brandaris var. delgadoi Serradell, 1912
Murex brandaris var. delicatula Coen, 1925 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. devians Dautzenberg, 1904
Murex brandaris var. diplacantha Dautzenberg, 1904
Murex brandaris var. ecaudata Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. fragilis Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. gigantea Pallary, 1900 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. girisus de Gregorio, 1885 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Murex brandaris var. intermedia Depontaillier, 1884 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. longispina Coen, 1914
Murex brandaris var. longispina Brusina, 1870 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. monospinosus Serradell, 1912
Murex brandaris var. moreanus de Gregorio, 1885 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN)
Murex brandaris var. multicostata Serradell, 1912 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. multicostatus Serradell, 1912
Murex brandaris var. nivea Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Murex brandaris var. nodosa Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. novemcostata Serradell, 1912 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. novemcostatus Serradell, 1912
Murex brandaris var. polii Coen, 1933 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. quadrispinosa Dautzenberg, 1904
Murex brandaris var. robusta Dautzenberg, 1904
Murex brandaris var. spinotuberculata Serradell, 1912 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. spinotuberculatus Serradell, 1912
Murex brandaris var. spirocaudata Coen, 1934
Murex brandaris var. ternispinosa Coen, 1914
Murex brandaris var. torta Dautzenberg, 1904
Murex brandaris var. trifariaspinosa Frauenfeld, 1869 (synonym)
Murex brandaris var. trispinosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882
Murex brandaris var. tuberculata Hidalgo, 1890
Murex brandaris var. tudiculoides Coen, 1934
Murex brandaris var. varicosus Settepassi, 1970 (infrasubspecific name, not recognized by ICZN; and published in a book which is not consistently using binomial nomenclature)
Murex brandaris varicosus Settepassi, 1970
Murex clavisherculis Röding, 1798 (synonym)
Murex coronatus Risso, 1826 (synonym)
Murex girisus de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
Murex monospinosus Serradell, 1912 (synonym)
Murex moreanus de Gregorio, 1885 (synonym)
Murex pseudobrandaris Grateloup, 1833 (synonym)
Murex pseudobrandaris zanardii Settepassi, 1970 (not available, published in a work which does not consistently use binominal nomenclature (ICZN art. 11.4))
Murex subbrandaris d’Orbigny, 1851 (synonym)
Murex trifariaspinosus Frauenfeld, 1869 (synonym)
Murex trispinosus Locard, 1886
Murex tuberculatus Roding, 1798 (synonym)
Murex tudiculoides Coen, 1943 (synonym)
Purpura fuliginosa Röding, 1798 (synonym)

TYPE MATERIAL:
Linnean Society of London. N. A-F 0020053 (http://linnean-online.org/17071/)

TYPE LOCALITY:
Mediterranean Sea

DISTRIBUTION:
Whole Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

REMARKS:
Cause it’s big variability, this species got a lot of names since it was described.

LITERATURE:
–Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp. page(s): 747