MolluscaBase taxon details
Latona purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791)
1828634 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1828634)
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Species
Donax (Latona) purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Donax compressa Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted
Donax purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Tellina purpurascens Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Tellina purpurascens Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Latona purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1828634 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Tellina purpurascens Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Donax compressa Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 546 [details]
original description (of Donax compressa Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 546 [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment New combination herein, for consistency with other Latona entries. [details]
To Malacopics (Donax purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791) Indonesia, Papua, Papua Barat, Waigeo, Desa Urbinasopon, beached, collected 1999-04-16, ex coll. J.N.J. Post) (from synonym Donax purpurascens (Gmelin, 1791))
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