Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Muricinae > Genus Bolinus

Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bolinus*	Pusch, 1837	accepted genus name
*Murex (Bolinus)*	Pusch, 1837	synonym
*Purpura*	Jousseaume, 1880	synonym

Species group names

*Murex coronatus*	Risso, 1826	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Bolinus brandaris var. adunca*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Bolinus brandaris var. bicaudata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Bolinus brandaris var. bifida*	Coen, 1937	synonym
*Bolinus brandaris var. cingulata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Bolinus brandaris var. ecaudata*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Bolinus brandaris var. fragilis*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Bolinus brandaris var. polii*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Haustellum clavatum*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Murex (Bolinus) brandaris*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Murex (Bolinus) brandaris var. gigantea*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Murex (Bolinus) brandaris var. ternispinosa*	Coen, 1914	synonym
*Murex brandariformis*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Murex brandaris*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Murex brandaris brandellus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris brevispinis*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris commixtus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris insculptus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris longiaculeatus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris ponderosus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris spinosus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris subcornutus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. aculeata*	R. A. 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. cingulata*	(Coen, 1933)	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. compacta*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. conica*	Serradell, 1912	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. delgadoi*	Serradell, 1912	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. delicatula*	Coen, 1925	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. devians*	Dautzenberg, 1904	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. diplacantha*	Dautzenberg, 1904	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. ecaudata*	(Coen, 1933)	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. fragilis*	(Coen, 1933)	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. girisus*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. intermedia*	Depontaillier, 1884	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. longispina*	Brusina, 1870	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. monospinosus*	Serradell, 1912	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. moreanus*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. multicostata*	Serradell, 1912	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. nivea*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. nodosa*	Coen, 1933	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. novemcostata*	Serradell, 1912	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. polii*	(Coen, 1933)	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. quadrispinosa*	Dautzenberg, 1904	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. robusta*	Dautzenberg, 1904	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. spinotuberculata*	Serradell, 1912	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. ternispinosa*	Coen, 1914	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. torta*	Dautzenberg, 1904	synonym
*Murex brandaris var. tuberculata*	Hidalgo, 1890	synonym
*Murex brandaris varicosus*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex clavisherculis*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Murex monospinosus*	Serradell, 1912	synonym
*Murex pseudobrandaris zanardii*	Settepassi, 1970	synonym
*Murex subbrandaris*	A. d'Orbigny, 1852	synonym
*Murex trifariaspinosus*	Frauenfeld, 1869	synonym
*Murex trispinosus*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Murex tuberculatus*	Roding, 1798	synonym
*Murex tudiculoides*	Coen, 1943	synonym
*Purpura fuliginosa*	Röding, 1798	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: brandhoren; purperslak sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

English: dye murex; murex; purple dye murex sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

French: murex-droite épine; rocher sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

German: Brandhorn; Herkuleskeule sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Αγκαθωτός στρόμπος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: buzio sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: canadilla

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
redescription	Houart, R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bolinus brandaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140389