WoRMS taxon details
Morum purpureum Röding, 1798
533131 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533131)
accepted
Species
Morum lamarcki (Deshayes, 1844) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Morum lamarckii (Deshayes, 1844) · unaccepted
Oniscia lamarckii Deshayes, 1844 · unaccepted
marine
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
Distribution From southeastern Florida (Palm Beach County), southward across the Bahamas Platforms, the entire Antillean Arc, throughout...
Distribution From southeastern Florida (Palm Beach County), southward across the Bahamas Platforms, the entire Antillean Arc, throughout the entire Caribbean Sea Basin, and southward to Barbados. The species is absent from the Gulf of Mexico and from the island of Bermuda. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Morum purpureum Röding, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533131 on 2025-03-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 53 [details]
page(s): 53 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution From southeastern Florida (Palm Beach County), southward across the Bahamas Platforms, the entire Antillean Arc, throughout the entire Caribbean Sea Basin, and southward to Barbados. The species is absent from the Gulf of Mexico and from the island of Bermuda. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Morum lamarckii (Deshayes, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Morum lamarcki (Deshayes, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Malacopics (Morum purpureum Röding, 1798 Brazil, Bahia, off Alcobaça, on soft coral, by snorkel...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Morum lamarcki (Deshayes, 1844))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Malacopics (Morum purpureum Röding, 1798 Brazil, Bahia, off Alcobaça, on soft coral, by snorkel...
