WoRMS name details
Purpura celtica Locard, 1886
750067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:750067)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Purpura Röding, 1798 accepted as Hexaplex (Trunculariopsis) Cossmann, 1921 represented as Hexaplex G. Perry, 1810
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 147, 556 [details]
page(s): 147, 556 [details]
Note not stated [France, coast of the Channel and...
Type locality not stated [France, coast of the Channel and the Atlantic Ocean] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpura celtica Locard, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=750067 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 147, 556 [details]
page(s): 147, 556 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Houart, R. (2024). <i>Living Muricidae of the world. Ocenebrinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 238 pp.
page(s): 52 [details]
page(s): 52 [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality not stated [France, coast of the Channel and the Atlantic Ocean] [details]
