WoRMS taxon details
Purpurcapsula exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831)
555480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:555480)
accepted
Species
Austrotrivia exigua (Gray, 1831) · unaccepted
Cypraea exigua J. E. Gray, 1831 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cypraea gemmula A. Gould, 1845 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Cypraea tremeza Duclos, 1833 · unaccepted
Trivia exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831) · unaccepted
Trivirostra exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cypraea exigua J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of some new species of cowries, as an addition to the monograph in the Zoological Journal. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1 (1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831383
page(s): 36. [details]
page(s): 36. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpurcapsula exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555480 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cypraea exigua J. E. Gray, 1831) Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of some new species of cowries, as an addition to the monograph in the Zoological Journal. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1 (1): 35-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49831383
page(s): 36. [details]
original description (of Cypraea gemmula A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of species of land shells, from the Sandwich Islands, supposed to be hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 26-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490710
page(s): 27. [details]
new combination reference Fehse D. & Grego J. (2009) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The Triviidae from the Red Sea with a description of a new genus <i>Purpurcapsula</i> and a new species in the genus <i>Trivirostra</i> Jousseaume, 1884. <i>Visaya</i> 2(5): 18-79, pls. 1-13. [September 2009]
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 36. [details]
original description (of Cypraea gemmula A. Gould, 1845) Gould, A. A. (1845). Descriptions of species of land shells, from the Sandwich Islands, supposed to be hitherto undescribed. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 26-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490710
page(s): 27. [details]
new combination reference Fehse D. & Grego J. (2009) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The Triviidae from the Red Sea with a description of a new genus <i>Purpurcapsula</i> and a new species in the genus <i>Trivirostra</i> Jousseaume, 1884. <i>Visaya</i> 2(5): 18-79, pls. 1-13. [September 2009]
page(s): 41 [details]
Other
additional source
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | バラフシラタマガイ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Cypraea gemmula A. Gould, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trivirostra exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Trivia exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cypraea exigua J. E. Gray, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Trivirostra exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Purpurcapsula exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trivia exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Trivirostra exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Trivia exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Cypraea exigua J. E. Gray, 1831)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Trivirostra exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Malacopics (Purpurcapsula exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831) )
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Trivia exigua (J. E. Gray, 1831))
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