MolluscaBase - Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)

AfReMaS taxon details

Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Raphitoma purpurea (MONTAGU, 1803); Figuré; F.A50599)

AphiaID

139379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139379)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847

Original name

Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) 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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139379 on 2025-05-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139379 on 2025-05-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2025-02-06 08:21:19Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) 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]

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. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. 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 Raphitoma (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Raphitomidae). Fauna Norvegica. 36: 9-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v36i0.1839 [details] Available for editors

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 Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803) with the description of a new species. Bollettino Malacologico. 53(2): 161-183. [details] Available for editors

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 Raphitoma Bellardi, 1847. Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (3): 293–318., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is19039
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors

additional source Franc, A. (1952). Notes écologiques et anatomiques sur Philbertia purpurea (Montagu) (Moll. Ctenobr.). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 24: 302–305., available online at https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/digitalCollections/viewerpopup.aspx?seid=BMNHN_S002_1952_T024_N003 [details]