WoRMS name details
Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) expansa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860)
403981 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403981)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine
(of Murex expansus G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Descriptions of new shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859: 428-429, pl. 49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274842
page(s): 428 [details]
page(s): 428 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) expansa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403981 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex expansus G. B. Sowerby II, 1860) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1860). Descriptions of new shells in the collection of Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859: 428-429, pl. 49., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274842
page(s): 428 [details]
page(s): 428 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Houart, R. (2011). <i>Ocenebra, Pteropurpura</i>, and <i>Ocinebrellus</i> (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ocenebrinae) in the northwestern Pacific. <em>American Conchologist.</em> 39 (4): 12-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57492366 [details]
