WoRMS name details
Cantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
598222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598222)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Phasianella rubella Menke, 1828 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus elegans Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus pallidus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus rostratus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus texturatus A. Gould, 1849 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Trochus torosus Kiener, 1850 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3656 [details]
page(s): 3656 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598222 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3656 [details]
basis of record Marshall, B. A. (1998). The New Zealand Recent species of <i>Cantharidus</i> Montfort, 1810 and <i>Micrelenchus</i> Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 19 (1): 107-156. [details]
page(s): 3656 [details]
basis of record Marshall, B. A. (1998). The New Zealand Recent species of <i>Cantharidus</i> Montfort, 1810 and <i>Micrelenchus</i> Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 19 (1): 107-156. [details]
Other
additional source
Marshall, B. A. (1998). A review of the Recent Trochini of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 19 (1): 73-106., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.1998.10673710
note: neotype designated [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
note: neotype designated [details]
additional source Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Trochus rostratus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Trochus elegans Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-31253) (from synonym Trochus pallidus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-31320) (from synonym Trochus torosus Kiener, 1850)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.138237; Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791; Trochus elegans Gmelin, 1791; Trochus rostratus Gmelin, 1791; neotype) (from synonym Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trochus texturatus Gould, 1849 Syntype USNM 16518) (from synonym Trochus texturatus A. Gould, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Trochus rostratus Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Trochus elegans Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-31253) (from synonym Trochus pallidus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-31320) (from synonym Trochus torosus Kiener, 1850)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.138237; Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791; Trochus elegans Gmelin, 1791; Trochus rostratus Gmelin, 1791; neotype) (from synonym Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Trochus texturatus Gould, 1849 Syntype USNM 16518) (from synonym Trochus texturatus A. Gould, 1849)
