1 seychelles gastropod id

[zonatus]

Hi,

This is a muricidae : <i>Purpura bufo</i> Lamarck, 1822

Best regards

[conchylinet]

thanks zonatus.
Is Thais bufo an other specie or a synonym of P. bufo?

[conchylinet]

Hi all,
Can somebody help in identyfying this 42mm shell from Indian Ocean (Seychelles - Mahé island). I cant even place the family (Muricidae? Melongenidae?)
Thank you.

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[dave r]

Depends on which book you read! Could be either Thais or Purpura but bufo is the same.
Dave

[zonatus]

They are synonym. I am not a muricidae specialist, so I don't know which one is valide now. The Digital Murex (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/murex28/index.htm">http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~mollu ... /index.htm</a><!-- m -->) says it's Purpura.