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Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
208648 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208648)
accepted
Species
Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Buccinum rudolphi Chemnitz, 1788 · unaccepted (unavailable name, pulished in a...)
unavailable name, pulished in a work rejected y ICZN Direction 1; available from Lamarck, 1822
Purpura aterrima R. P. Lesson, 1842 · unaccepted
Purpura inerma Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Purpura rudolphi (Chemnitz, 1788) · unaccepted (unavailable name published in a...)
unavailable name published in a non-binominal work placed on the Official Index
Thais rudolphi (Lamarck, 1822) · unaccepted
marine
(of Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description Large, thick shell, up to 10 cm, with large body whorl, very expanded aperture and a short, blunt spire. Surface...
Description Large, thick shell, up to 10 cm, with large body whorl, very expanded aperture and a short, blunt spire. Surface sculptured with spiralled, widely beaded cords with plain spiral cords between. Columella almost straight. Colour chocolate-brown with white spaces between beads on the beaded cords; aperture and columella white. Habitat: shallow rocky areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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(of Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 738 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Purpura aterrima R. P. Lesson, 1842) Lesson R.P. (1842). Mollusques recueillis dans la mer du Sud et l'Océan Atlantique. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuviérienne.</em> 5: 184-187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14714713
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Purpura inerma Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Purpura</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls. 1-13 and unpaginated text [pls. 2, 3, Jul. 1846; 4-8, Aug. 1846; 9-12, Sept. 1846; 1, 13, Oct. 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118701 [details]
original description (of Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 738 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Purpura aterrima R. P. Lesson, 1842) Lesson R.P. (1842). Mollusques recueillis dans la mer du Sud et l'Océan Atlantique. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuviérienne.</em> 5: 184-187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14714713
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Purpura inerma Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Purpura</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls. 1-13 and unpaginated text [pls. 2, 3, Jul. 1846; 4-8, Aug. 1846; 9-12, Sept. 1846; 1, 13, Oct. 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118701 [details]
original description (of Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433 [details]
basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. <em>Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales.</em> 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Large, thick shell, up to 10 cm, with large body whorl, very expanded aperture and a short, blunt spire. Surface sculptured with spiralled, widely beaded cords with plain spiral cords between. Columella almost straight. Colour chocolate-brown with white spaces between beads on the beaded cords; aperture and columella white. Habitat: shallow rocky areas. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
To Conchology (Purpura persica GIANT)
To Conchology (Purpura persica)
To Malacopics (Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Bicol, Sorsogon, collected 1978, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, Reunion Rocks, at low tide in rock caves, collected 1981, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Conchology (Purpura persica)
To Malacopics (Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) Philippines, Bicol, Sorsogon, collected 1978, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, Reunion Rocks, at low tide in rock caves, collected 1981, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
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Hosted externally
Hosted externally
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