WoRMS taxon details
Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)
743638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743638)
accepted
Species
Centrifuga centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Centrifuga swansoni (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex (Pteronotus) speciosus A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted
Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)
Murex speciosus A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pterynotus swansoni Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844) Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of <i>Scalaria</i> and <i>Murex</i>, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 124-129., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680102
page(s): 126. [details]
page(s): 126. [details]
Type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean
type locality contained in Panamanian part of the North Pacific Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743638 on 2025-07-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pterynotus (Pteropurpura) swansoni Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) Hertlein L.G. & Strong A.M. (1951). Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XLIII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. Part X. <em>Zoologica.</em> 36(2): 67-120, 11 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50970025 [details]
original description (of Murex (Pteronotus) speciosus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1855) 23: 119-124., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748012
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844) Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of <i>Scalaria</i> and <i>Murex</i>, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 124-129., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680102
page(s): 126. [details]
original description (of Murex (Pteronotus) speciosus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). Description of two new genera and several new species of Mollusca, from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1855) 23: 119-124., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30748012
page(s): 121 [details]
original description (of Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844) Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of <i>Scalaria</i> and <i>Murex</i>, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1843) 11: 124-129., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680102
page(s): 126. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Tuskes P. & Tuskes A. (2016). Native <i>Pteropurpura</i> of the eastern Pacific (Muricidae). <em>The Festivus.</em> 48(4): 211-220. [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844)
To Conchology (Pteropurpura centrifuga)
To Malacopics (Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) Mexico, Baja California Sur, by shrimp trawlin...
To Malacopics (Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) Panama, Chiriqui, Golfo de Chiriquí, by dredgi...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) centrifuga (Hinds, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844)
To Conchology (Pteropurpura centrifuga)
To Malacopics (Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) Mexico, Baja California Sur, by shrimp trawlin...
To Malacopics (Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) Panama, Chiriqui, Golfo de Chiriquí, by dredgi...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) centrifuga (Hinds, 1844))
.jpg "To Malacopics (Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) Mexico, Baja California Sur, by shrimp trawlin...")
