WoRMS name details
Purpura propinqua Tenison Woods, 1877
395206 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395206)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
Type locality contained in Australian part of Bass Strait
type locality contained in Australian part of Bass Strait [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpura propinqua Tenison Woods, 1877. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395206 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Tenison Woods, J. E. (1877). On some new Tasmanian marine shells. (Second series). <em>Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania.</em> 1876: 131-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12289352
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Tan K. S. (2003) Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of some southern Australian and New Zealand Muricidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). <i>Journal of Natural History</i> 37(8): 911-1028., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930110120610 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
