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CAAB Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Neogastropoda (order) » Cancellariidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 24 215013 | ||
Scientific Name and Authority: | Merica purpuriformis (Kiener, 1841) | ||
CAAB category: | 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda | ||
Family: | Cancellariidae (nutmeg shells) - show full list | ||
Common Name: | [a nutmeg shell] | ||
Recent Synonyms: | Cancellaria (Sydaphera) purpuriformis Sydaphera purpuriformis | ||
Organism Type: | a nutmeg shell | ||
Identifiers: |
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Taxon lists: |
Current Australian list:
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Regions: |
Australia (inc. subantarctic territories) | ||
Habitat: |
Marine unspecified | ||
Record source: | Wilson, B., 1994, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt II. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A. | ||
Scientific Name verified against: | WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ. |
Record details
Record entered on 9-Jun-2004 00:00 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Record modified on 8-Aug-2011 16:51 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update genus
Modification history:
08-AUG-2011: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Cancellaria)
(previous authority: Kiener)
Record modified on 8-Aug-2011 16:51 by Karen Gowlett-Holmes
Modification description: update genus
Modification history:
08-AUG-2011: update genus (Karen Gowlett-Holmes)
(previous genus name: Cancellaria)
(previous authority: Kiener)