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Purpura hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 208654

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily) > Purpura (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
Rank Species
Parent Purpura Bruguière, 1789
Source  basis of record: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74 (look up in IMIS[details]

Distribution Madagascar (not valid[details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208654
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2001-11-28 17:45:10Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-11-22 08:51:48Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-04-04 18:23:21Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Purpura hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208654 on 2013-05-21
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