MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Purpura granulata Duclos, 1832) Duclos [P. L.]. (1832). Description de quelques espèces de pourpres, servant de type à six sections établies dans ce genre. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> 26: 103-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6059994
page(s): 111, pl. 2 fig. 9 [details]
basis of record
Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
identification resource
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. [details]
From other sources
Description Habitat: rocky shores
A compact, heavy shell, up to 2 cm, covered in large, rounded, brown-black nodules on white background; body whorl with six rows of nodules; outer lip toothed. Aperture dark; columella and outer lip white. Habitat: on or under rocks in the eulittoral zone. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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English |
mulberry shell |
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