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Defrancia purpurea (Montagu, 1803)
751255 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:751255)
unaccepted
Species
Defrancia Millet, 1827 accepted as Pleurotomoides Bronn, 1831
- Variety Defrancia purpurea var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1867 accepted as Raphitoma oblonga (Jeffreys, 1867) (basionym)
marine
(of Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 260 [details]
page(s): 260 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Defrancia purpurea (Montagu, 1803). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751255 on 2025-09-11
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(of Murex purpureus Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 260 [details]
page(s): 260 [details]