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Purpurina (Purpurina)

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Purpurina (Purpurina) was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was assigned to Purpurina by d'Orbigny (1850).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Purpurina (Purpurina) d'Orbigny

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpurinad'Orbigny 1850
subgenusPurpurinad'Orbigny 1850

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. †Purpurina (Purpurina) d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height33.833.604.003.900.208

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Alaunian or 215.38000 to 211.18000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18China (Yunnan) Purpurina weishanensis (165405)