MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Purpura (Monoceros) lapilloides Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 265, pl. 20 fig. 18 [details]
original description
(of Monoceros punctulatum J. E. Gray, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863
page(s): 79, fig. 3 [details]
basis of record
Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 23, pl. 3F-J [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality