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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Engina purpureocincta Preston, 1909

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Morula (Morula) purpureocincta (Preston, 1909)

Types

Primary Type: holotype [] Preston, H.B. 1909. p.136, pl. 22, fig. 13

BMNH ((British Museum) Natural History, London) 1915.1.6.28 holotype Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Keywords

Original Epithet:  purpureocincta
Original Text Name:  Engina purpureocincta Preston, 1909
Original Genus:  Engina

References

 Wilson, B. 1994. p.44 Type SpecAv

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Morula Schumacher, 1817
                              Morula (Morula) Schumacher, 1817
                                Morula (Morula) purpureocincta (Preston, 1909)
                                  Engina purpureocincta Preston, 1909

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11256) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.