MolluscaBase taxon details
Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833)
406257 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406257)
accepted
Species
Centrifuga inezana Durham, 1950 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Murex cristatus W. Wood, 1828 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Murex...)
invalid: junior homonym of Murex cristatus Brocchi, 1814
Murex osseus Reeve, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Murex pinniger Broderip, 1833 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pterynotus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Murex pinniger Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 174. [details]
page(s): p. 174. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406257 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Murex cristatus W. Wood, 1828) Wood, W. (1828). <i>Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of shells, British and foreign</i>. Richard Taylor, London. iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22991199
page(s): 14, pl. 5 Murex fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Murex osseus Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [details]
original description (of Murex pinniger Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Centrifuga inezana Durham, 1950) Durham, J. W. (1950). E.W. Scripps Cruise to the Gulf of California, Part 2: Megascopic Paleontology and Marine Stratigraphy. <em>The Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 43: i-viii, 1-216. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 142 [details]
page(s): 14, pl. 5 Murex fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Murex osseus Reeve, 1845) Reeve, L. A. (1845-1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Murex</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica: or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, January 1845; pl. 2-4, April 1845; pl. 5-12, May 1845; pl. 13-22, June 1845; pl. 23-32, August 1845; pl. 33-34, October 1845; pl. 35-36, April 1846; supplementary pl. 1, June 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118364 [details]
original description (of Murex pinniger Broderip, 1833) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832-1833). [Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean.]. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> Part II for 1832: 25–33 [21 April 1832], 50-61 [5 June 1832], 104–108 [31 July 1832], 113–120 [14 August 1832]; 173–179 [14 Jan. 1833], 194–202 [13 March 1833]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26730700
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Centrifuga inezana Durham, 1950) Durham, J. W. (1950). E.W. Scripps Cruise to the Gulf of California, Part 2: Megascopic Paleontology and Marine Stratigraphy. <em>The Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 43: i-viii, 1-216. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae.</i> Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
page(s): 142 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Purpurellus pinniger)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex osseus Reeve, 1845; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100260) (from synonym Murex osseus Reeve, 1845)
To Malacopics (Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Isla Pedro Gonzáles, on rock, at 1.8 m depth, collected February 1988, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, on sand, by snorkeling at 1-2 m depth, collected 2004-12, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To GB Mollusca Types (Murex osseus Reeve, 1845; Syntype(s); UMZC I.100260) (from synonym Murex osseus Reeve, 1845)
To Malacopics (Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) Panama, Panamá, Archipiélago de las Perlas, Isla Pedro Gonzáles, on rock, at 1.8 m depth, collected February 1988, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To Malacopics (Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) Panama, Veraguas, Isla Gobernadora, on sand, by snorkeling at 1-2 m depth, collected 2004-12, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
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