OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Purpura muricina Blainville, 1832
   Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832
   Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836
   Purpura foliacea Conrad, 1837
   Sistrum squamosum Pease, 1868
   Morula brunneolabrum Dall, 1923

Common Name

The Little Mouse Purpura p.sp. 59      Reeve, L.A. 1846.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  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

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
habitat: rocky shore 
substrate: rocks [ clinging to the sides amongst barnacles ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.97, figs. 10-11 [ as Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832) ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Middelfart, P. 1997. p.370-371, pl. 4, fig. 6 [ as Semiricinula marginatra ]  Checklist
 Tan, K.S. 1995. p.361, figs. 137-140, 141a-b, 142 [ as Thais marginatra (Blainville, 1832) ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.47 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.47 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Semiricinula Martens, 1904
                              Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11316) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-05.