WoRMS name details
Centrifuga U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931
403862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403862)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844 accepted as Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) (type by original designation)
- Species Centrifuga centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) accepted as Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Centrifuga inezana Durham, 1950 accepted as Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Centrifuga swansoni (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) accepted as Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Purpura (Centrifuga) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent regions. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 706 [details]
page(s): 706 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Centrifuga U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403862 on 2026-08-13
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Nomenclature
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(of Purpura (Centrifuga) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931) Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent regions. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 706 [details]
page(s): 706 [details]
