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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791) 
AphiaID: 598222

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorVetigastropoda (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus purpureus (Species)
Status Unaccepted: synonym, or anything that is not accepted unaccepted
Accepted name  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMicrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCantharidus Montfort, 1810
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHelix purpurea Gmelin, 1791
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHelix purpurea Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPhasianella rubella Menke, 1828 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus elegans Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus pallidus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus rostratus Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus texturatus Gould, 1849 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTrochus torosus Kiener, 1850 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record Marshall B.A. 1998. The New Zealand Recent species of Cantharidus Montfort, 1810 and Micrelenchus Finlay, 1926 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Molluscan Research 19(1): 107-156 [details]

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Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution 
From editor or global species database
New Zealand
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNew Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (5 nucleotides; 1 proteins) 
ImagesChecked: verified by a taxonomic editor 
Cantharidus purpureus
Cantharidus purpureus
To MNHN Molluscs Type collection (2000-31253)
To MNHN Molluscs Type ...
[hosted externally; from synonym]
To MNHN Molluscs Type collection (2000-31320)
To MNHN Molluscs Type ...
[hosted externally; from synonym]
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.138237; Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791; Trochus elegans Gmelin, 1791; Trochus rostratus Gmelin, 1791; neotype)
To Museum of New Zeala...
[hosted externally; from synonym]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598222
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2012-05-21 23:35:11Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
2015-01-16 10:00:55Z  changed  Marshall, Bruce
2016-05-16 21:32:57Z  changed  Marshall, Bruce
  
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  Citation: Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Cantharidus purpureus. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598222 on 2017-10-17
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