WoRMS taxon details
Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)
AphiaID: 208652
AphiaID: 208652
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily) > Purpura (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Purpura Bruguière, 1789 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Thais panama Röding, 1798 (original combination) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Claremont M., Vermeij G.J., Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2013) Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] additional source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] from synonym: Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 [details] [view taxon] identification resource: Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | East Coast of South Africa [details] Mozambique [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208652 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2013). Purpura panama (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208652 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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