MolluscaBase - Trochus (Margarita) purpuratus Forbes, 1852

MolluscaBase name details

Trochus (Margarita) purpuratus Forbes, 1852

AphiaID

1329553 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1329553)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Photinastoma taeniatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)

Rank

Species

Parent

Trochus (Margarita) Leach, 1819 accepted as Margarites Leach, 1847

Original name

Trochus (Margarita) purpuratus Forbes, 1852

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Forbes E. (1852 ["1850"]). On the marine Mollusca discovered during the voyages of the Herald and Pandora, by Capt. Kellett, R.N., and Lieut. Wood, R.N. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 270-274, pls 9, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859018
page(s): 272, pl. 11 fig. 11 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Trochus (Margarita) purpuratus Forbes, 1852. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329553 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2019-03-02 04:49:01Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Forbes E. (1852 ["1850"]). On the marine Mollusca discovered during the voyages of the Herald and Pandora, by Capt. Kellett, R.N., and Lieut. Wood, R.N. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 18: 270-274, pls 9, 11., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859018
page(s): 272, pl. 11 fig. 11 [details]