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>6) What is the right name: Pterynotus gambiensis or Purpurellus gambiensis
>Reeve, 1845?
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Purpurellus gambiensis
>7) Is Murex mindanoensis Dohrn, 1862 a valid specie or just a subspecie of
>brevispina? Springsteen & Leobrera and Radwin list it as a valid specie,
>while the label received from a shell dealer and the Rice catalog list it as
>a subspecie.
Ponder & Vokes (1988) give Haustellum mindanaoensis (Sowerby, 1841) full
species status. Note generic placement, spelling of species, and author.
Brevispina is a true Murex. They really don't look very similar.
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