MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Purpura lagenaria Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 245 [details]
original description
(of Purpura cucurbita Duclos, 1832) Duclos [P. L.]. (1832). Description de quelques espèces de pourpres, servant de type à six sections établies dans ce genre. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 26: 103-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6059994
page(s): 112, pl. 2 fig. 12 [details]
basis of record
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source
Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
additional source
Dempster, Y.; Branch, G. M. (1999). A review of the genus Burnupena Iredale, 1918 (Gastropoda: Buccinidae), with descriptions of two new species. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 40: 173-204.
page(s): 186 [details] Available for editors [request]