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Purpurinidae

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Purpurinidae Zittel
1988Purpurinidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
2005Purpurinidae Bouchet et al. p. 251

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895

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.

Fm. Purpurinidae Zittel 1895
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G. †Angularia Koken 1892
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Subg. †Angularia (Aristerostrophia) Broili 1907
†Angularia loxonemoides Kittl 1894
†Angularia rectecostata Nützel and Erwin 2004
†Angularia subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
G. †Cimoliocentrum Cossmann 1909
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†Cimoliocentrum cureti Cossmann 1899
Invalid names: Centrogonia Cossmann 1899 [replaced]
G. †Leviathania Golovinova and Korotkov 1986
G. †Microschiza Gemmellaro 1876
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Subg. †Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Hudleston 1882
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†Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris Conrad in Lynch 1852
†Microschiza arguta Böhm 1895
†Microschiza clathrata Deshayes 1855
†Microschiza semiornata Goldfuss 1844
G. †Moerckeia Böhm 1895
G. †Ochetochilus Cossmann 1899
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†Ochetochilus piceus Szabo 1983
†Ochetochilus subvaricosus Cossmann 1899
G. †Parangularia Kutassy 1937
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†Parangularia hungarica Kutassy 1933
G. †Protofusus Bonarelli 1921
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†Protofusus gracilis Haas 1953
†Protofusus peruvianus Haas 1953
G. †Pseudoscalites Kittl 1892
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†Pseudoscalites armatus Stoppani 1857
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Invalid names: Actaeonina esinensis Stoppani 1858 [synonym], Actaeonina fusoides Stoppani 1857 [synonym], Eulima decristoforis Stoppani 1857 [synonym]
†Pseudoscalites karapunari Dominici 2024
G. †Purpurina d'Orbigny 1850
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Subg. Purpurina (Globipurpurina) Waagen 1867
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Invalid names: Purpurina inflata Tawney 1873 [synonym]
Subg. †Purpurina (Pseudalaria) Hudleston 1887
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†Pseudalaria etheridgii Tawney 1873
Subg. †Purpurina (Purpurina) d'Orbigny 1850
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†Purpurina concava Münster 1841
†Purpurina coronata Hebert and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
†Purpurina elaborata Lycett 1850
†Purpurina formosa Eichwald 1868
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Invalid names: Fusus minutus Rouillier 1849 [replaced]
†Purpurina gravinaensis Smith 1927
†Purpurina pleurotomaria Münster 1841
†Purpurina scalaris Münster 1841
†Purpurina sowerbyi Waagen 1867
†Purpurina subcerithiformis Krumbeck 1913
†Purpurina subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania latescalata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
†Purpurina vaceki Kittl 1892
G. †Purpuroidea Lycett 1848
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†Purpuroidea acatlana Alencaster and Buitron 1965
†Purpuroidea applanata Kittl 1894
†Purpuroidea praecursor Fischer et al. 2002
†Purpuroidea rugosa Böhm 1895
G. †Tretospira Koken 1892
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†Tretospira angulata Deshayes 1855
†Tretospira carinata Deshayes 1855
†Tretospira fasciata Kittl 1892
†Tretospira funiculata Reed 1944
†Tretospira indica Reed 1944
†Tretospira multistriata Wohrmann 1892
†Tretospira obtusa Deshayes 1855
G. †Werfenella Nützel 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 259.51000 to 110.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.14 Ma

Collections (213 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Tretospira funiculata (126941) Tretospira indica (125962 126939)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Tretospira indica (127000)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy (Trentino) Werfenella rectecostata (197819)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Hungary (Bakony) Turbo rectecostatus (203240)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Bosnia and Herzegovina Turbo rectecostatus (206608)
Early/Lower Triassic - Anisian251.902 - 241.464Italy (Lombardy) Turbo rectecostatus (231734)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Bosnia and Herzegovina Turbo rectecostatus (211748 211897 212715 212722)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Croatia Turbo rectecostatus (212706 212707 212710 212711)
Olenekian249.9 - 246.7Croatia (Split-Dalmatia) Turbo rectecostatus (211741)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Hungary Turbo rectecostatus (61372 139955 139958 139965) Werfenella rectecostata (177429)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy (Trentino) Werfenella rectecostata (197879)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy Turbo rectecostatus (115787 115791) Werfenella rectecostata (57072 57074 116049 165162 165164 165165 165166 165167 165168)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Austria (Oberösterreich) Werfenella rectecostata (57073)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Tretospira costata (66084)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Pseudoscalites n. sp. A (31617)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Coronaria rugosa, Microschiza arguta, Coronaria subcerithiformis (138255) Coronaria subcerithiformis (138256) Tretospira multistriata (201999 202000 202001 202028 202029 202030 202032 202038 202039)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Pseudoscalites karapunari (236003 236005)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Slovenia Tretospira multistriata (57096)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Angularia pleurotomaria, Angularia sp. A, Angularia subpleurotomaria (69659) Angularia pleurotomaria, Angularia subpleurotomaria (34692 69661 69669) Angularia subpleurotomaria (69656 69668 69672) Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa (145649) Pseudoscalites elegantissimus (144927) Purpurina pleurotomaria, Pseudoscalites elegantissimus (144634) Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpurina vaceki, Purpurina subpleurotomaria, Ptychostoma fasciatum, Purpuroidea crassenodosa, Purpuroidea cerithiformis, Purpurina loxonemoides (144631) Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpuroidea crassenodosa (144632) Purpurina sp. (50956 50959) Purpuroidea applanata (144633) Turbo pleurotomarius, Turbo subpleurotomarius, Pleurotomaria concava, Turbo scalaris (137429)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Austria (Steiermark) Purpuroidea excelsior, Purpurinidae indet. (85239)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary (Bakony) Purpurina pleurotomaria (203197) Purpuroidea applanata (203199)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Purpurina subpleurotomaria, Purpuroidea cerithiformis (164191)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary Purpuroidea cerithiformis (70883)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Purpuroidea raiblensis, Tretospira multistriata (205157) Tretospira multistriata (205147)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Hungary Parangularia hungarica (23870)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38Indonesia (Maluku) Purpurina subcerithiformis (204327 204489)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Alaska) Purpurina gravinaensis (100531 112242) Purpurina sp. (100529 112243)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Oregon) Purpuroidea sp. (100506)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Iran Purpuroidea dilophosignata (98644)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Iran (Isfahan) Purpuroidea dilophosignata (138967)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Hungary Parangularia hungarica (73265) Purpurina minima, Purpurina plicata, Purpuroidea ferenczii (73270) Purpuroidea excelsior (70989) Purpuroidea excelsior, Purpuroidea ferenczii (70988 70990) Purpuroidea excelsior, Purpuroidea ferenczii, Purpuroidea turriculata, Parangularia hungarica (73279)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Hungary Purpuroidea baconica (203623)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Peru Protofusus delicatulus (68129)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18China (Yunnan) Angularia loxonemoides (165407) Angularia loxonemoides, Purpurina weishanensis (165405)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Angularia sp. (37984)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Idaho) Angularia sp., Tretospira sp., Pseudoscalites elegantissimus, Angularia rectecostata (38377)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria (Gmunden) Microschiza rhaetica, Purpuroidea moosleitneri (234040)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria (Vienna) Microschiza rhaetica, Purpuroidea moosleitneri (233865)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Peru Protofusus peruvianus (68148) Protofusus peruvianus, Protofusus gracilis, Protofusus delicatulus, Protofusus pyramidalis, Protofusus transitorius (68116) Protofusus pyramidali, Pseudoscalites sp. (68096) Protofusus sp., Protofusus peruvianus, Protofusus gracilis, Protofusus delicatulus, Protofusus pyramidalis, Protofusus transitorius (68119)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Microschiza semiornata (90443)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Luxembourg Microschiza clathrata, Tretospira carinata, Tretospira angulata, Tretospira obtusa (149756)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5France (Lorraine) Littorina clathrata, Ampullaria carinata, Ampullaria angulata, Ampullaria obtusa (53947)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.4 - 199.5France Tretospira carinata, Tretospira angulata (39215)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Hungary Tretospira carinata (125465)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5France Tretospira angulata (39379) Tretospira carinata (39387)
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13862)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile Microschiza sp. (58434)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy Purpuroidea praecursor (80016)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Purpurina liassica (159446)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Purpurina ornatissima (204116)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Kenya Purpuroidea supraliasica (36455)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Italy Purpurina elaborata (91410)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Jordan Purpuroidea perstriata (35357)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6United Kingdom Pseudalaria etheridgii (171005)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Germany Purpurina sowerbyi (150924 150925)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Purpurina sp. (48031 48032)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Jordan Purpuroidea minax, Purpuroidea perstriata (35355) Purpuroidea perstriata (35323 35356 35377 35378 35703)
Subfurcatum - Garantiana170.9 - 168.2Hungary Ochetochilus piceus (151886)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian170.9 - 154.8Romania (Brasov) Purpuroidea lycettea (81442)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Purpuroidea perstriata (35670 35671 35672 35674 35675)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France Centrogonia cureti (178107)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Purpurina sp. (48307) Purpuroidea indet. (48340)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Jordan Purpuroidea minax, Purpuroidea perstriata (35700) Purpuroidea perstriata (35665 35667 35699 35701)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Purpuroidea glabra (93477 93481 93490 93492 93532)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Purpurina condensata (58228)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Tretospira subnodosa (13863)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Cloughtonia pyramidalis (98185)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Purpurina sp. (61816 63062)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland Purpurina coronata, Purpurina formosa (63064)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Sweden Purpurina coronata (228427)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas, Tretospira subnodosa (13794)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel Purpuroidea perstriata (99129)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13588 13607 13614 13659 13660 13666 13667) Purpuroidea gigas, Tretospira subnodosa (13677) Tretospira subnodosa (13608 13611 13668)
Callovian - Middle Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13792)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13903 13904) Tretospira subnodosa (13789 13864 13871 13898 13899 13900 13901 13902)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Tretospira subnodosa (13518)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2Tunisia Purpuroidea sp., Tretospira subnodosa (99126)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Purpuroidea indet. (4920) Purpuroidea moreana, Purpuroidea nodulata (11085)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Ochetochilus sp. (4087)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Purpuroidea indet. (45818)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Ochetochilus sp. (1568)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Cloughtonia sp. (66972)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Normandy) Purpuroidea indet. (4852 4853)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Purpuroidea indet. (4854)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Mexico (Chiapas) Purpuroidea acatlana (98672)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) Ochetochilus sp. (1571)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania Purpuroidea gigas (36345)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Greenland Purpurina sp. (1215)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Portugal Leviathania leviathan (65669 65671 65673 65677 65679 65680)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Microschiza inflata (25151)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain (Castellon) Leviathania eixarchi (3726)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Leviathania leviathan (65729) Purpurina falloti (73316) Purpuroidea sp. (65854 65857)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Albania Microschiza heybroecki (67437)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain Microschiza sp. (64795)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Microschiza scalaris (1890)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan Purpuroidea sp. (91302 91306)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico (Jalisco) Microschiza scalaris (115254 115255)