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Staphylaea (Purperosa) ruvaya Steadman & Cotton, 1943
1552829 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1552829)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 312 [details]
page(s): 312 [details]
Type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Taxonomic remark Seems described as subspecies of Staphylaea purperosa, but Iredale's 1935 Purperosa, to which Steadman & Cotton refer, is a...
Taxonomic remark Seems described as subspecies of Staphylaea purperosa, but Iredale's 1935 Purperosa, to which Steadman & Cotton refer, is a genus. Iredale's genus was used as subgenus by Steadman & Cotton. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Staphylaea (Purperosa) ruvaya Steadman & Cotton, 1943. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1552829 on 2025-09-12
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Steadman, W. R. & Cotton, B. C. (1943). The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. <em>Records of the South Australian Museum.</em> 7: 309-336., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40980517
page(s): 312 [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.
page(s): 226 [details]
page(s): 312 [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.
page(s): 226 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomic remark Seems described as subspecies of Staphylaea purperosa, but Iredale's 1935 Purperosa, to which Steadman & Cotton refer, is a genus. Iredale's genus was used as subgenus by Steadman & Cotton. [details]
