Plicopurpura patula
creator: Houart, Roland
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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 2026-08-30
created: 2009-06-02T03:33:16Z
modified: 2009-06-02T03:33:16Z
replaces: 396995
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Gastropoda
family: Muricidae
genus: Plicopurpura
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: 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.
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1811
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 395251
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: patula
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted