Marine Species Traits - Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)

Traits taxon details

Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

876695 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:876695)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Micrelenchus H. J. Finlay, 1926

Original name

Helix purpurea Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Cantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted (superseded combination)

Micrelenchus (Mawhero) purpureus (Gmelin, 1791) · alternative representation

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3656 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876695 on 2025-09-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=876695 on 2025-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2016-05-16 21:32:57Z

created

Marshall, Bruce

2019-01-27 00:28:58Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-04-01 20:50:06Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3656 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Cantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Micrelenchus purpureus)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Cantharidus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791))
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To Malacopics (Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791))

Unreviewed

To Malacopics (Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791))

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