MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Perry G. (1810-1811). <i>Arcana: or the Museum of Natural History</i>. pls. 1-48 (= 1810), pls. 49-84 (= 1811), unnumbered text pages. London: James Stratford. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39045115
page(s): Explication to pl. 23 [details]
original description
(of Purpura Röding, 1798) Röding P.F. (1798). <i>Museum Boltenianum</i> sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg. viii, 199 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description
(of Murex (Muricanthus) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. <em>London, Longman.</em> viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 296 [details]
basis of record
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. [details]
additional source
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
subsequent type designation
Iredale T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 47: 417-497., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3343255 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality