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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Harpidae

Morum purpureum Röding, 1798


Range: 26°N to 4°N; 87°W to 51°W
Depth: 12 to 12 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Morum purpureum Röding, 1798
Oniscia lamarckii Deshayes, 1844

Details


Morum purpureum Röding, 1798, p. 53, [Martini 1773, pl. 34, figs. 357-358; Knorr 4, pl. 12, fig. 4]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 25°N to 4°N; 80°W to 51°W
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Guadeloupe, Martinique, Brazil: unlocalized
References: Clench & Abbott (1943a) s (of ^M. oniscus^); Wiersma (2006) vNSEWM

Oniscia lamarckii Deshayes in Deshayes & Milne-Edwards, 1844, p. 12, Lister, Conch. pl. 791, fig. 44; Chemnitz 1795, pl. 11, figs. 195A, figs. 1872-1873...]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mers de l'Inde
Range: 26°N to 14.9°N; 87°W to 61°W
Depth: 12 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Honduras, Martinique
References: Sunderland & Sunderland (1992d) DdSEM
Comments: Deshayes (1844) misspelled the name as "lamarkii" on p. 13.


Partial List of References

Deshayes, G. P. and H. Milne-Edwards. 1844. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'rapportent Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, vol. 10 iii + 638 + 1 pp. J. B. Baillière: Paris.
Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum  viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.]

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