MolluscaBase name details
basis of record
Deshayes, G. P. (1835). Mollusques. pp. 81-203, iii, pls. 18-28, 1 text fig. In: J.-B.-G.-M. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), <i>Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des sciences physiques. Tome III (1.re Partie). Zoologie</i>. Paris, F.G. Levrault. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=5_OZq_dzQDgC
page(s): 188 [details]
From other sources
Identification Deshayes (1833) synonymized Purpura lassaignei Basterot, 1825, a Miocene fossil from the Aquitaine Basin, with Purpura edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826, and used the former name for the Recent species on the grounds of priority. This synonymy is yet to be reassesed. [details]