MolluscaBase - Pteropurpura capensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)

AfReMaS name details

Pteropurpura capensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)

AphiaID

600707 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:600707)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880

Original name

Murex capensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1841

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 190, fig. 76 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Pteropurpura capensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600707 on 2025-04-03

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Pteropurpura capensis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600707 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-07-02 01:35:29Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-11-03 08:36:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-06-14 20:45:55Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 190, fig. 76 [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 82 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)