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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836

Type of listing: Entry in a Synonymy


Senior name:

Coralliophila (Coralliophila) neritoidea (Lamarck, 1816)

Types

[] Kiener, L.C. 1836. p.77, pl. 19, fig. 57
"Port Dorey, New Guinea" [=Teluk Dore Hum, Geelvink Bay, West Irian]

Keywords

Original Epithet:  violacea
Original Text Name:  Purpura violacea
Original Genus:  Purpura

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1985. p.53 Type locality

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Coralliophilinae
                            Coralliophila H. & A. Adams, 1853
                              Coralliophila (Coralliophila) H. & A. Adams, 1853
                                Coralliophila (Coralliophila) neritoidea (Lamarck, 1816)
                                  Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=51032) created by on unknown date. Record not subsequently updated.