MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Broderip, W. J. (1832). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of south America and in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 2: 124-126., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861722
page(s): 125 [details]
original description
(of Partula purpurascens L. Pfeiffer, 1857) Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of fifty-eight new species of Helicea from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the zoological Society of London.</em> 24 (321) [“1856”]: 324–336. London [10 March]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860878
page(s): 333 [details]
basis of record
Gerlach, J. (2016). <i>Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae</i>. Phelsuma Press. ISBN: 978-0-99322-033-3. [details]
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