original description(ofPurpura flindersi A. Adams & Angas, 1864)Adams, A. & Angas, G. F. (1864). Descriptions of new species of shells from the Australian seas, in the collection of George French Angas. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1863): 418-428, pl. 37., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30681772 page(s): 421, pl. 37, fig. 22. [details]
basis of recordTan K. S. (2003) Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australian and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). <i>Journal of Natural History</i> 37(8): 911-1028., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120610[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality