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Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836)
208125 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208125)
accepted
Species
Coralliophila (Coralliophila) violacea (Kiener, 1836) · alternative representation
Coralliophila neritoidea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (Invalid: basionym is a junior...)
Invalid: basionym is a junior homonym of Murex neritoideus Linnaeus, 1767
Fusus neritoideus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (Name generally attributed to...)
Name generally attributed to Lamarck, 1816, but in fact a new combination of Murex neritoideus of Gmelin
Murex neritoideus Chemnitz, 1788 · unaccepted (Unavailable name: published in...)
Unavailable name: published in non-binominal work
Murex neritoideus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex neritoideus Linnaeus, 1767
Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pyrula neritoidea (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
marine
(of Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836) Kiener, L. C. (1835-1837). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 8. Famille des Purpurifères. Première partie. Genres Cassidaire, (<i>Cassidaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-10, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; Casque (<i>Cassis</i>), Bruguière, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-16 [all (1835)]; Tonne (<i>Dolium</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-16, pl. 1-5 [all (1835)]; Harpe (<i>Harpa</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-6 [all (1835)]; Pourpre (<i>Purpura</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-151, pl. 1-46 [pp. 1-32 (1835), 33-80 (1836), 81-151 (1837); pl. 1-21 (1835), 22-39 (1836), 40-46 (1837)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19859
page(s): 77 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
Description Small, bulbous shell, up to 4 cm, generally covered with a calcareous deposit. Body whorl with numerous fine, spiral...
Description Small, bulbous shell, up to 4 cm, generally covered with a calcareous deposit. Body whorl with numerous fine, spiral lines. Operculum present. Exterior dirty white, aperture usually violet. Habitat: colonial on coral. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. N.B. at least six similar species of varying shell length. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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(of Murex neritoideus Chemnitz, 1788) Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). <i>Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet</i>. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43760 [details]
original description (of Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836) Kiener, L. C. (1835-1837). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 8. Famille des Purpurifères. Première partie. Genres Cassidaire, (<i>Cassidaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-10, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; Casque (<i>Cassis</i>), Bruguière, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-16 [all (1835)]; Tonne (<i>Dolium</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-16, pl. 1-5 [all (1835)]; Harpe (<i>Harpa</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-6 [all (1835)]; Pourpre (<i>Purpura</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-151, pl. 1-46 [pp. 1-32 (1835), 33-80 (1836), 81-151 (1837); pl. 1-21 (1835), 22-39 (1836), 40-46 (1837)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19859
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Murex neritoideus 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
page(s): 3559 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Tsang, E.P.K., Milicich, M., Winstanley, T. & Ng, W.C. (2004) Study on the suitability of Tai Long Wan Area as Marine Park or Marine Reserve. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 486 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
status source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
identification resource Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
identification resource Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa.</i> Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
original description (of Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836) Kiener, L. C. (1835-1837). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 8. Famille des Purpurifères. Première partie. Genres Cassidaire, (<i>Cassidaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-10, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; Casque (<i>Cassis</i>), Bruguière, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-16 [all (1835)]; Tonne (<i>Dolium</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-16, pl. 1-5 [all (1835)]; Harpe (<i>Harpa</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-6 [all (1835)]; Pourpre (<i>Purpura</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-151, pl. 1-46 [pp. 1-32 (1835), 33-80 (1836), 81-151 (1837); pl. 1-21 (1835), 22-39 (1836), 40-46 (1837)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19859
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Murex neritoideus 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
page(s): 3559 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Tsang, E.P.K., Milicich, M., Winstanley, T. & Ng, W.C. (2004) Study on the suitability of Tai Long Wan Area as Marine Park or Marine Reserve. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government. [details]
basis of record Oliverio, M. (2008). Coralliophilinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) from the southwest Pacific. <em>in: Héros, V. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993).</em> 196: 481-585. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 486 [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
status source Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214., available online at https://journals.co.za/content/annals/23/1/AJA03040798_574 [details]
identification resource Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
identification resource Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Marais A.P. (2010) Coralliophilinae. Pp. 272-292, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), <i>Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa.</i> Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Small, bulbous shell, up to 4 cm, generally covered with a calcareous deposit. Body whorl with numerous fine, spiral lines. Operculum present. Exterior dirty white, aperture usually violet. Habitat: colonial on coral. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. N.B. at least six similar species of varying shell length. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
To Conchology (Coralliophila violacea FREAK)
To Conchology (Coralliophila violacea with Vermetus)
To Conchology (Coralliophila violacea)
To Malacopics (Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada, collected September 1989, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Kaliyasem, on reef under coral slab, by snorkeling, at 2-3 m depth, collected 2000-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Conchology (Coralliophila violacea with Vermetus)
To Conchology (Coralliophila violacea)
To Malacopics (Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836) Egypt, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Hurghada, collected September 1989, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Kaliyasem, on reef under coral slab, by snorkeling, at 2-3 m depth, collected 2000-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
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.jpg "To Malacopics (Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836) Indonesia, Nusa Tenggara, Bali, Kaliyasem, on reef under coral slab, by snorkeling, at 2-3 m depth, collected 2000-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)")
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