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Purpura (Thalessa)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura (Thalessa) was named by Adams and Adams (1854).

It was assigned to Purpura by Adams and Adams (1854), Vredenburg (1925).

Subtaxa
Purpura (Thalessa) mekranica
Species lacking formal opinion data
Purpura nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Purpura (Thalessa) Adams and Adams
1925Purpura (Thalessa) Vredenburg p. 226

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPurpuraBruguière 1789
subgenusThalessaAdams and Adams 1854

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.

Subg. †Purpura (Thalessa) Adams and Adams 1854
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†Purpura (Thalessa) mekranica Vredenburg 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available