(ofMesophora purpurea Laseron, 1958)Laseron, C. F. (1958). The family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, also Triphoridae from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 9 (4): 569-658.[details]
original description(ofMesophora purpurea Laseron, 1958)Laseron, C. F. (1958). The family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, also Triphoridae from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 9 (4): 569-658.[details]
new combination referenceĂ–zdikmen H. (2013) Substitute names for three preoccupied generic names in Gastropoda. <i>Munis Entomology & Zoology</i>, 8(1): 252-256. [January 2013], available online athttp://www.munisentzool.org/yayin/vol8/issue1/252-256.pdf[details]
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