OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758
Purpura aterrima Lesson, 1842
Common Name
The Princely Purpura p.sp. 8 Reeve, L.A. 1846.
Peach purple p.no. 20 Cotton, B.C. 1956.
Hoso-suji-tetsu-bora G2374 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G2374] Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.148
References
Demond, J. 1957. p.314 General reference
Middelfart, P. 1997. p.377, pl. 5, fig. 10 Checklist
Wilson, B. 1994. p.46 General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.94, pl. 62, fig. 1 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Purpura Bruguière, 1789
Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11296) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.