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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Trochus atropurpureus, Gould
Trochus atropurpureus, Gould.
Pilsbry, op. cit., p. 77, pl. xi., figs. 28-32; pl. xiii., figs. 86, 87; pl. xv., figs. 50, 51.
Not uncommon as dead shells on the lagoon beach.
Pilsbry notes this from San Christoval, Solomons, Tutuila, Samoa and Fiji. In this Museum are specimens from New Caledonia and Tupuselei, Hood Lagoon and Milne Bay, British New Guinea.