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original description
(of Monoceros unicarinatum G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). <i>The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells</i>. London, privately published. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109863
page(s): 81, fig. 5 [details]
original description
(of Purpura spirata Blainville, 1832) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1832). Disposition méthodique des espèces récentes et fossiles des genres Pourpre, Ricinule, Licorne et Concholépas de M. de Lamarck, et description des espèces nouvelles ou peu connues, faisant partie de la collection du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <em>Nouvelles Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 1: 189-263, pls 9-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33122454
page(s): 252, pl. 12 fig. 8 [details]
original description
(of Acanthina lapilloides var. aurantia Dall, 1908) Dall, W. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of mollusks from the Pacific Coast of the United States, with notes on other mollusks from the same region. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34: 245-257., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15708734
page(s): 248-249 [details]
original description
(of Purpura (Monoceros) brevidens Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893 [details]
original description
(of Purpura (Monoceros) engonata Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893 [details]
basis of record
Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 23, pls 3K-S, 4A-E [details]
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