WoRMS taxon details
Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
139379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139379)
accepted
Species
Clathurella purpurea (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Defrancia purpurea (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted
Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Peratotoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted (synonym)
Pleurotoma fallax Forbes, 1844 · uncertain > nomen dubium
Pleurotoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Raphitoma lineolata fuscata F. Nordsieck, 1977 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 260 [details]
page(s): 260 [details]
Type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the English Channel
type locality contained in United Kingdom part of the English Channel [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139379 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 260 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma fallax Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Raphitoma lineolata fuscata F. Nordsieck, 1977) Nordsieck, F. (1977). <i>The Turridae of the European seas.</i> Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp. [details]
page(s): 260 [details]
original description (of Pleurotoma fallax Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 190 [details]
original description (of Raphitoma lineolata fuscata F. Nordsieck, 1977) Nordsieck, F. (1977). <i>The Turridae of the European seas.</i> Roma: La Conchiglia. 131 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Høisæter T. (2016). A taxonomic review of the Norwegian species of <i>Raphitoma</i> (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae). <em>Fauna Norvegica.</em> 36: 9-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v36i0.1839 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pusateri F., Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Bartolini S. & Oliverio M. (2017). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda, Conoidea) 4: The species of the group of <i>Raphitoma purpurea</i> (Montagu, 1803) with the description of a new species. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 53(2): 161-183. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Russini, V.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Prkić, J.; Fassio, G.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2020). Candidate cases of poecilogony in Neogastropoda: implications for the systematics of the genus <i>Raphitoma</i> Bellardi, 1847. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 34 (3): 293–318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is19039
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Franc, A. (1952). Notes écologiques et anatomiques sur <i>Philbertia purpurea</i> (Montagu) (Moll. Ctenobr.). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 302–305., available online at https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/digitalCollections/viewerpopup.aspx?seid=BMNHN_S002_1952_T024_N003 [details]
[request]additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Høisæter T. (2016). A taxonomic review of the Norwegian species of <i>Raphitoma</i> (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae). <em>Fauna Norvegica.</em> 36: 9-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v36i0.1839 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pusateri F., Giannuzzi-Savelli R., Bartolini S. & Oliverio M. (2017). A revision of the Mediterranean Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda, Conoidea) 4: The species of the group of <i>Raphitoma purpurea</i> (Montagu, 1803) with the description of a new species. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 53(2): 161-183. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Russini, V.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Pusateri, F.; Prkić, J.; Fassio, G.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2020). Candidate cases of poecilogony in Neogastropoda: implications for the systematics of the genus <i>Raphitoma</i> Bellardi, 1847. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 34 (3): 293–318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is19039
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Franc, A. (1952). Notes écologiques et anatomiques sur <i>Philbertia purpurea</i> (Montagu) (Moll. Ctenobr.). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 24: 302–305., available online at https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/digitalCollections/viewerpopup.aspx?seid=BMNHN_S002_1952_T024_N003 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Clathurella purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raphitoma purpurea)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803; Paralectotype(s); EXEMS Moll4258) (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) )
To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Saint-Jacut-de-l...
To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Roscoff, NW of Ile V...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Raphitoma purpurea (MONTAGU, 1803); Figuré; F.A50599)
To NHMUK collection (Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803; LECTOTYPE & PARALECTOTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2736198) (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clathurella purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma fallax Forbes, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Defrancia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma lineolata fuscata F. Nordsieck, 1977)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications) (from synonym Clathurella purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Raphitoma purpurea)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803; Paralectotype(s); EXEMS Moll4258) (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins) (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) )
To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Saint-Jacut-de-l...
To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Roscoff, NW of Ile V...
To MNHN Fossil collection (Raphitoma purpurea (MONTAGU, 1803); Figuré; F.A50599)
To NHMUK collection (Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803; LECTOTYPE & PARALECTOTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2736198) (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Philbertia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Clathurella purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Pleurotoma fallax Forbes, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Defrancia purpurea (Montagu, 1803))
To PESI (from synonym Raphitoma lineolata fuscata F. Nordsieck, 1977)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
.jpg "To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Saint-Jacut-de-l...")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 183) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Roscoff, NW of Ile V...")
