WoRMS name details
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880
403995 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403995)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Subgenus
Murex (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880 · unaccepted
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) debruini Lorenz, 1989 accepted as Poropteron debruini (Lorenz, 1989)
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) graagae (Coen, 1943) accepted as Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1947)
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) incurvispina Kilburn, 1970 accepted as Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1947)
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) joostei Lorenz, 1990 accepted as Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) multicornis Houart, 1991 accepted as Poropteron multicornis (Houart, 1991) (basionym)
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) quinquelobata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879) accepted as Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) transkeiana Houart, 1991 accepted as Poropteron transkeianus (Houart, 1991) (basionym)
- Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822)
marine
(of Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880) Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403995 on 2026-02-25
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(of Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880) Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (1991). Description of four new species of Muricidae from southern Africa with range extensions and a review of the subgenus <i>Poropteron</i> Jousseaume, 1880 (Ocenebrinae). <em>Apex.</em> 6 (3-4): 59-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530281 [details]
page(s): 335 [details]
basis of record Houart, R. (1991). Description of four new species of Muricidae from southern Africa with range extensions and a review of the subgenus <i>Poropteron</i> Jousseaume, 1880 (Ocenebrinae). <em>Apex.</em> 6 (3-4): 59-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41530281 [details]
