MolluscaBase - Micrelenchus (Mawhero) purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)

MolluscaBase name details

Micrelenchus (Mawhero) purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

876693 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:876693)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Micrelenchus (Mawhero) B. A. Marshall, 1998 represented as Micrelenchus H. J. Finlay, 1926

Original name

Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Cantharidus (Mawhero) purpureus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Helix purpurea 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): 3656 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micrelenchus (Mawhero) purpureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876693 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-05-16 21:32:57Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2019-02-23 20:01:20Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description (of Helix purpurea 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): 3656 [details]