Purpurcapsula bayeri

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| image_caption = Shell of Purpurcapsula bayeri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

| taxon = Purpurcapsula bayeri

| authority = (Fehse, 1998)

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| synonyms =

  • Austrotrivia bayeri (Fehse, 1999)
  • Trivirostra bayeri Fehse, 1998 (basionym)

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Purpurcapsula bayeri is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.{{WRMS species|555482|Purpurcapsula bayeri (Fehse, 1998)|||Bouchet, P. (2010). Purpurcapsula bayeri (Fehse, 1998). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555482 on 13 March 2011}}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Marquesas Islands.

References

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  • Fehse D. (1998) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) I. Die Gatting Trivirostra von Western Samoa. Club Conchylia Informationen 30(4-6): 39-67.
  • Fehse D. & Grego J. (2009) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The Triviidae from the Red Sea with a description of a new genus Purpurcapsula and a new species in the genus Trivirostra Jousseaume, 1884. Visaya 2(5): 18-79, pls. 1-13.
  • Fehse D., 2015. Contributions to the knowledge of Triviidae, 29-F. New Triviidae from the Marquesas. Visaya 5: 113-130, sér. Suppl

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Category:Triviidae

Category:Gastropods described in 1998

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