MolluscaBase name details
Purperosa Iredale, 1935
1035228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1035228)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Purperosa facifer Iredale, 1935 accepted as Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810) (type by original designation)
- Species Purperosa facifer Iredale, 1935 accepted as Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(2): 96-135, pls. 8-9 [28 June 1935]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709705
page(s): 119 [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purperosa Iredale, 1935. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035228 on 2025-09-11
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Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. <em>The Australian Zoologist.</em> 8(2): 96-135, pls. 8-9 [28 June 1935]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38709705
page(s): 119 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. [details]
page(s): 119 [details]
source of synonymy Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. [details]
