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Species Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837)

Elaborate Coral Shell, The Gibbous Purpura

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, to New Zealand


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, on coral.

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [73] (as Liniaxis elaborata) (Elaborate Coral Shell)

Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Purpura. pls 1-13 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 78] (as Purpura gibbosa) (The Gibbous Purpura)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 MURICIDAE 22-Feb-2012 MOVED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021 12-Oct-2011 ADDED
06-Oct-2011 MODIFIED