Species Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836)
The Violet Purpura, Violet Mouthed Coral Shell
Compiler and date details
June 2017 - Burghardt, I.
- Purpura violacea Kiener, L.C. 1836. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Ballière Vol. 8 1-151, pls 1-46. [77, pl. 19, fig. 57].
Type data:
Status unknown, "Port Dorey, New Guinea" [=Teluk Dore Hum, Geelvink Bay, West Irian]. - Purpura diversiformis Kiener, L.C. 1836. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Ballière Vol. 8 1-151, pls 1-46. [pl. 19, fig. 57].
Type data:
Status unknown, Nicobar Is; Port Dorey, New Guinea and New Holland. - Murex neritoideus Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3559] [non Linnaeus, 1767].
Generic Combinations
- Coralliophila neritoidea (Lamarck, 1816). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [18, pl. 7, fig. 6] - Fusus neritoideus (Gmelin, 1791) [Name generally attributed to Lamarck, 1816, but in fact a new combination of Murex neritoideus of Gmelin]. —
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [pl. 435, figs 4a-b] - Coralliophila violacea (Kiener, 1836).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Hawaiian Islands
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral, coral reef, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
On coral clusters of Porites
General References
Bouchet, P. 2010. Coralliophila violacea. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208125 (Accessed on 11 May 2017)
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1985. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 12. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 22: 47-67 [52-53]
Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [315] (as Coralliophila violacea)
Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [256, fig. 90C] (as Coralliophila violacea)
Kosuge, S. & Suzuki, M. 1985. Illustrated catalogue of Latiaxis and its related groups. Family Coralliophilidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1: 1-83 [37pl. 41, figs 1-2]
Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [133, pl. 2, fig. B] (as Coralliophila violacea)
Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [75] (as Coralliophila violacea)
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [310] (as Coralliophila violacea)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [18, pl. 7, fig. 6]
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [94, pl. 64, fig. 8] (as Coralliophila violacea)
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [142] (Violet Mouthed 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. 70] (as Purpura violacea) (The Violet Purpura)
History of changes
| 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 |