basis of record: Smith, E.A. (1876). Diagnoses of new species of Mollusca and Echinodermata from the Island of Rodriguez. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 17: 404-406. [details]
Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Pteria fuscopurpurea (Smith, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208456 on 2013-05-20