MolluscaBase name details
Purpura tubifer Bruguière, 1792 †
1574414 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1574414)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Bruguière, J. G. (1792). Description de deux coquilles, des genres de l'Oscabrion et de la Pourpre. <em>Journal d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 1(1): 20-33, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6009817
page(s): 29, pl. 2 figs 3-4 [details]
page(s): 29, pl. 2 figs 3-4 [details]
Type locality contained in Ceylon
type locality contained in Ceylon (inaccurate) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpura tubifer Bruguière, 1792 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1574414 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Bruguière, J. G. (1792). Description de deux coquilles, des genres de l'Oscabrion et de la Pourpre. <em>Journal d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 1(1): 20-33, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6009817
page(s): 29, pl. 2 figs 3-4 [details]
additional source Merle, D. & Pacaud, J. M. (2019). Five new muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Eocene of France, Senegal and Pakistan. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 25: 11-22.
page(s): 13, pl. 1 fig. 7; note: syntype illustrated [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 29, pl. 2 figs 3-4 [details]
additional source Merle, D. & Pacaud, J. M. (2019). Five new muricid species (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Eocene of France, Senegal and Pakistan. <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 25: 11-22.
page(s): 13, pl. 1 fig. 7; note: syntype illustrated [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
