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Purpurina elegantula A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †
1052748 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1052748)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373
page(s): 270 [details]
page(s): 270 [details]
Type locality contained in France
type locality contained in France [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpurina elegantula A. d'Orbigny, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1052748 on 2025-09-11
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Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373
page(s): 270 [details]
additional source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526.
page(s): 210; note: neotype designated, but see Pacaud (2024) [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Pacaud, J. M. (2024). Remarques taxonomiques et nomenclaturales sur l'espèce <i>Purpurina elegantula</i> (d'Orbigny, 1850) (Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Purpurinidae) du Bajocien (Jurassique moyen) du Calvados. <em>Folia Conchyliologica.</em> 71: 7-10.
page(s): fig. 1; note: Bouchet et al.'s 2017 neotype designation invalidated, and lectotype designated [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 270 [details]
additional source Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526.
page(s): 210; note: neotype designated, but see Pacaud (2024) [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Pacaud, J. M. (2024). Remarques taxonomiques et nomenclaturales sur l'espèce <i>Purpurina elegantula</i> (d'Orbigny, 1850) (Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Purpurinidae) du Bajocien (Jurassique moyen) du Calvados. <em>Folia Conchyliologica.</em> 71: 7-10.
page(s): fig. 1; note: Bouchet et al.'s 2017 neotype designation invalidated, and lectotype designated [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
