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Purpura osculans C. B. Adams, 1852 
AphiaID: 709217

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  Coralliophila nux (Reeve, 1846)
Rank Species
Parent Purpura Bruguière, 1789
Source  source of synonymy: Kosuge, S. and M. Suzuki. 1985. Illustrated Catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups, Family Coralliophilidae. Institute of Malacology of Tokyo, Special Publication 1: [v], 83 pp., 50 pls.
page(s): 37 [details]

LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709217
Taxonomic
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2012-10-25 13:34:36Z  created  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Purpura osculans C. B. Adams, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709217 on 2013-06-20
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