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Purpura (Pteropurpura) petri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Murex petri Dall
1937Purpura (Pteropurpura) petri Willett p. 397
1956Pterynotus petri Valentine p. 198

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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
genusPurpuraJosseaume 1880
subgenusPteropurpura
speciespetri(Dall 1900)

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.

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Diagnosis
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Purpura petri (200398)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pterynotus petri (96566) Purpura petri (59063)