WoRMS name details
Thais (Thaisella) blanfordi (Melvill, 1893)
398735 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398735)
unaccepted
Species
Thais (Thaisella) Clench, 1947 accepted as Thaisella Clench, 1947
Purpura pura E. A. Smith, 1903 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Purpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thais (Thaisella) blanfordi (Melvill, 1893). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398735 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Purpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893) Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Kilburn, R. N. (1972). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of <i>Conus</i>, <i>Nassarius</i>, <i>Vexillum</i> and <i>Demoulia</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(2): 391-437., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_664 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, 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.
page(s): 262 [details]
page(s): 262 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
