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original description(ofPurpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893)Melvill, J. C. (1893). Descriptions of twenty-five new species of marine shells from Bombay collected by Alexander Abercrombie, Esq. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 7: 52-67, 1 pl., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10159687 page(s): 53-54, pl. 1, fig. 3. [details]
original description(ofPurpura pura E. A. Smith, 1903)Smith, E. A. (1903). A list of species of Mollusca from South Africa, forming an Appendix to G. B. Sowerby's "Marine Shells of South Africa". <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 5 (6): 354-402, pl. 15., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15168721 page(s): 376-377, pl. 15, fig. 21. [details]
new combination referenceClaremont, 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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013].[details] Available for editors [request]
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context source (HKRMS)Leung KF. & Morton B. (2000). The 1998 resurvey of the subtidal molluscan community of the southeastern waters of Hong Kong, six years after dredging began and three since it ended.In: Proceedings of the Tenth International Marine Biological Workshop: Morton B, editor. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China V. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 553-617.[details]
additional sourceHouart, R. & Delemarre, J.-L. (2013). Note sur la présence de <i>Indothais blanfordi</i> (Melvill, 1893) (Muricidae, Rapaninae) au Sénégal et en Guinée-Bissau et commentaires sur deux autres espèces d'Afrique Occidentale. <em>Xenophora.</em> 142: 13-18.[details]
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