OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex uncinarius Lamarck, 1822
Murex capensis Sowerby, 1841
Murex quiquelobatus Sowerby, 1879
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
References
Houart, R. 1991. p.60, figs. 1-5, 8-10, 53 Contains synonymy
Radwin, G.E. & D'Attilio, A. 1976. p.128, pl. 22, fig. 2 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Ocenebrinae Cossmann, 1903
Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48294) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-26. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29.