OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Purpura aperta (Blainville, 1832)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Purpura aperta Blainville, 1832
Purpura macrostoma Conrad, 1837
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
Keywords
exposure: exposed
feeds on: animals [ opihi ( Cellana sp.)
]
habitat: rocky shore
References
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.251, figs. 84E, 86C General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Purpura Bruguière, 1789
Purpura aperta (Blainville, 1832)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50302) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.