OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Purpura buccinea Deshayes, 1844

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Buccinum strigosum Gmelin, 1791
   Purpura buccinea Deshayes, 1844
   Purpura flammmea Mörch, 1852

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands

Keywords

depth: intertidal 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. p.178-179 [ as Purpura strigosa (Gmelin, 1791) contains synonomy ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.68, pl. 19, fig. 5 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Purpura Bruguière, 1789
                              Purpura buccinea Deshayes, 1844

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=50305) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-05.