MolluscaBase name details
Purpura trinitatensis Guppy, 1869
398755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398755)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guppy, R. J. L. (1869). Notice of some new marine shells found on the shores of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(7): 366-369., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54075248
page(s): 366-367 [details]
page(s): 366-367 [details]
Type locality contained in Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Gulf of Paria
type locality contained in Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Gulf of Paria [details]
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Guppy, R. J. L. (1869). Notice of some new marine shells found on the shores of Trinidad. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 1(7): 366-369., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54075248
page(s): 366-367 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1882). On the Recent and Tertiary species of <i>Leda</i> and <i>Nucula</i> found in the Westindies: with notices of Westindian shells. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(4): 168-180, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078144
page(s): 179, pl. 7, fig. 17 [details]
page(s): 366-367 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 159 [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1882). On the Recent and Tertiary species of <i>Leda</i> and <i>Nucula</i> found in the Westindies: with notices of Westindian shells. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(4): 168-180, pl. 7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078144
page(s): 179, pl. 7, fig. 17 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Gulf of Paria [details]
