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WoRMS name details

Pteropurpura adunca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

AphiaID

594293 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594293)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)

Rank

Species

Parent

Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880

Original name

Murex aduncus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834

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Subspecies Pteropurpura adunca adunca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) accepted as Pteropurpura falcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) accepted as Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Subspecies Pteropurpura adunca expansa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) accepted as Pteropurpura plorator (Reeve, 1849)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Murex aduncus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 62, fig. 35 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteropurpura adunca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594293 on 2025-04-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-01-15 15:03:17Z

created

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-02-10 22:44:28Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-11-02 22:35:16Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-09-17 09:11:07Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2023-10-18 08:49:36Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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Nomenclature

original description (of Murex aduncus G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1834-1841). Murex. In: The Conchological Illustrations; or coloured figures of hitherto unfigured Recent shells. London, privately published. Parts 58–67, 187–199 [Parts 58-67, figs 1-58 [1834]; 187-199, figs 59-121, catalogue (pp. 1-9) and index to the figure (pp. i-ii) (1841)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11915991
page(s): 62, fig. 35 [details]

basis of record Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida. [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Houart, R.; Sirenko, B. I. (2003). Review of the Recent species of Ocenebra Gray, 1847 and Ocinebrellus Jousseaume, 1880 in the Northwestern Pacific. Ruthenica. 13(1): 53-74.
page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors