MolluscaBase name details
original description
(of Purpura anaxares Kiener, 1836) Kiener, L. C. (1835-1837). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 8. Famille des Purpurifères. Première partie. Genres Cassidaire, (<i>Cassidaria</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-10, pl. 1-2 [all (1835)]; Casque (<i>Cassis</i>), Bruguière, pp. 1-40, pl. 1-16 [all (1835)]; Tonne (<i>Dolium</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-16, pl. 1-5 [all (1835)]; Harpe (<i>Harpa</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-12, pl. 1-6 [all (1835)]; Pourpre (<i>Purpura</i>), Lamarck, pp. 1-151, pl. 1-46 [pp. 1-32 (1835), 33-80 (1836), 81-151 (1837); pl. 1-21 (1835), 22-39 (1836), 40-46 (1837)]. <em>Paris, Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19859 [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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
Habitat rocky shores [details]