MolluscaBase name details
Pleurotoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
1785881 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1785881)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Turris Batsch, 1789
- Variety Pleurotoma purpurea var. cancellata Grateloup, 1845 † (uncertain > unassessed, junior homonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurotoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1785881 on 2025-09-12
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(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]
