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Purpura
Taxonomy
Purpura was named by Bruguière (1789) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. Its type is Purpura foliata.
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Sellards (1917); to Thaidinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Chiesa et al. (1995), Todd (2001) and Harzhauser (2002).
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Sellards (1917); to Thaidinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Chiesa et al. (1995), Todd (2001) and Harzhauser (2002).
Species
P. (Thalessa), P. (Tritonalia), P. alata, P. bufo, P. bufo, P. depressa, P. foliata (type species), P. liguta, P. lima, P. mancinella, P. nanna, P. saxicola, P. singuensis, P. topangensis, P. turrita, P. umbilicata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1789 | Purpura Bruguière |
1917 | Purpura Sellards |
1994 | Purpura Wilson p. 46 |
1995 | Purpura Chiesa et al. p. 55 |
2001 | Purpura Todd |
2002 | Purpura Harzhauser p. 97 |
2002 | Purpura Sepkoski |
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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. Purpura Bruguière 1789
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Subg. Purpura (Tritonalia) Fleming 1828
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†Purpura (Tritonalia) vindobonensis Hörnes 1856
†Tritonalia dorrancei Loel and Corey 1932
†Tritonalia quilonica Dey 1961
Tritonalia suborbiculata Dunker 1846
†Tritonalia volutaeformis Dickerson 1915
†Tritonalia yneziana Loel and Corey 1932
Purpura alata Röding 1798
Purpura bufo Lamarck 1822
Purpura bufo Lamarck 1822
†Purpura depressa Martin 1879
Purpura foliata Gmelin 1791
†Purpura liguta Riedel 1933
†Purpura lima Martyn 1784
Purpura mancinella Linnaeus 1758
†Purpura nanna Nomland 1917
Purpura saxicola Valenciennes 1846
†Purpura singuensis Vredenburg 1921
†Purpura topangensis Arnold 1907
†Purpura turrita Martin 1879
†Purpura umbilicata Jenkins 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available