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Purpura (Purpura)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura (Purpura) was named by Martyn (1784). It is extant.

It was assigned to Purpura by Martyn (1784).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1784Purpura (Purpura) Martyn

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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
subgenusPurpuraMartyn 1784

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 (Purpura) Martyn 1784
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Purpura (Purpura) nanna Nomland 1917
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Purpura nanna (216204)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Purpura crassilabrum (127581)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Purpura nicklesi (127577)