MolluscaBase name details
Purpura hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
208651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208651)
unaccepted
Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Drupa ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Sistrum ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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marine
(of Murex hystrix 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 [details] Available for editors 
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(of Murex hystrix 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 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
[request]basis of record Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 68: 21-74., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5656754n [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
