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Purpuroidea

Gastropoda - Perissityidae

Taxonomy
Purpuroidea was named by Lycett (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi K Turo]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Purpurinidae by Kase (1984); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Purpuroidea Lycett
1984Purpuroidea Kase p. 104
2002Purpuroidea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
RankNameAuthor
familyPerissityidae
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
familyBuccinulidaeFinlay 1928
familyColubrariidaeDall 1904
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
familySiphonaliidae(Finlay 1928)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpuroideaDall 1918

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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available