MolluscaBase name details
Cerithiopsis purpurea Angas, 1877
1530640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1530640)
unaccepted > junior homonym (primary homonym of Cerithiopsis purpurea P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Angas, G. F. (1877). Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1877): 34-40, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510576
page(s): 36, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Jackson
type locality contained in Port Jackson [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsis purpurea Angas, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1530640 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Angas, G. F. (1877). Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1877): 34-40, pl. 5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510576
page(s): 36, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
source of synonymy Beechey, D. (2004-2025). Seashells of New South Wales (online). , available online at http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/ [details]
page(s): 36, pl. 5 fig. 7 [details]
source of synonymy Beechey, D. (2004-2025). Seashells of New South Wales (online). , available online at http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
