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Pteropurpura

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Pteropurpura was named by Josseaume (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1267]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Murex (Pteropurpura) by Dall (1892), Harris and Palmer (1947) and Dey (1961); it was reranked as Purpura (Pteropurpura) by Mansfield (1937).

It was assigned to Purpura by Mansfield (1937); to Murex by Dall (1892), Harris and Palmer (1947) and Dey (1961); to Muricidae by Gardner (1947) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. (Pteropurpura), P. festiva, P. marksi, P. trialata, P. tricarinata
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. dryas

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Pteropurpura Josseaume p. 335
1892Murex (Pteropurpura) Dall p. 243
1937Purpura (Pteropurpura) Mansfield pp. 51, 131
1947Pteropurpura Gardner p. 524
1947Murex (Pteropurpura) Harris and Palmer p. 342
1961Murex (Pteropurpura) Dey
2001Pteropurpura Todd
2002Pteropurpura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPteropurpuraJosseaume 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pteropurpura Josseaume 1880
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Subg. Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) Josseaume 1880
†Pteropurpura marksi Olsson 1964
Pteropurpura trialata Sowerby 1834
†Pteropurpura tricarinata Lamarck 1803
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria P. tricarinata (51237)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France P. tricarinatus (171535)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) P. bifrons, P. calva (71236)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Jaton festivus (195078)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. dryas (42656) P. virginiae (41760)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Jaton festivus (194804)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) P. marksi (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador P. ecuadoria (131332) P. ecuadoria, P. marksi (41757 131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) P. ecuadoria (41762)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Jaton festivus (96593)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Purpura festiva (96565)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Jaton festivus (37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Murex festivus (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) P. uninaria (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Jaton festiva (67613 67641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Jaton festivus (160361) Murex festivus (222661) Murex trialatus, Murex festivus (222659 222660 222662) P. festiva (96936 96937) P. trialatus, Jaton festivus (96566) Purpura carpenteri, Purpura petri, Purpura festiva (59063) Purpura festiva (96895)