Species Semiricinula muricina (Blainville, 1832)
The Little Mouse Purpura
- Purpura cancellata 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. [25, pl. 7, fig. 16].
Type data:
Lectotype Tycopia Id., New Hebrides. - Purpura foliacea Conrad, T.A. 1837. Descriptions of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia series 1 7(2): 227-268 [268].
Type data:
Status unknown, California. - Morula brunneolabrum Dall, W.H. 1923. Notes on Drupa and Morula. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 75: 303-306 [304] [replacement name; for Morula muricina Blainville, 1832 in part].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Claremont, M., Vermeij, G.J., Williams, S.T., & Reid, D.G. 2013. Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91-102 [94, Table 1]
Generic Combinations
- Stramotina (Semiricinula) muricina (Blainville, 1832). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [47, pl. 5, fig. 17]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocks, rocky shore.
Extra Ecological Information
Clinging to the sides amongst barnacles
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. Type specimens of Pacific Mollusca described mainly by A. Garrett and W. Pease with description of a new Morula species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 24: 93-105 [97, figs 10-11] (as Morula marginatra (Blainville, 1832))
Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [370-371, pl. 4, fig. 6] (as Semiricinula marginatra)
Tan, K.S. 1995. Taxonomy of Thais and Morula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Singapore and Vicinity. 546 pp. [361, figs 137-140, 141a-b, 142] (as Thais marginatra (Blainville, 1832))
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [47, pl. 5, fig. 17]
Common Name References
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. [s 59] (The Little Mouse Purpura)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | MURICIDAE | 12-Oct-2011 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 11-Oct-2011 | MODIFIED |