WoRMS name details
Purpura (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840
1305670 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1305670)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Subgenus
- Species Purpura (Polytropa) exilis Dunker, 1871 accepted as Eucyclotoma exilis (Dunker, 1871) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Purpura exilis M. Hörnes, 1852 †)
- Species Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura (Polytropa) lima (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Polytropa Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 80-81, 305 [details]
page(s): 80-81, 305 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Purpura (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1305670 on 2024-11-24
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original description
(of Polytropa Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 80-81, 305 [details]
page(s): 80-81, 305 [details]
