WoRMS taxon details
Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)
396994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:396994)
accepted
Species
Buccinum patulum Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Haustrum tuberculatum G. Perry, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Purpura patulum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet
marine
(of Buccinum patulum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396994 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum patulum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Haustrum tuberculatum G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 739 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Haustrum tuberculatum G. Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]
basis of record Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
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context source (Bermuda)
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source 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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres <i>Dermomurex</i>, <i>Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis</i> et <i>Pygmaepterys</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 23: 22-59.
page(s): 29, pl. 6 fig. 7 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source 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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres <i>Dermomurex</i>, <i>Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis</i> et <i>Pygmaepterys</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Xenophora Taxonomy.</em> 23: 22-59.
page(s): 29, pl. 6 fig. 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wide-mouthed rock shellwide-mouthed purpurawide-mouthed dye shell | [details] |
| German | Weitmund-PurpurschneckeWeitmäulige Purpurschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Buccinum patulum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicopurpura patula)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Malacopics (Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Buccinum patulum Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plicopurpura patula)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To Malacopics (Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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