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Purpura

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Purpura Bruguière
1917Purpura Sellards
1994Purpura Wilson p. 46
1995Purpura Chiesa et al. p. 55
2001Purpura Todd
2002Purpura Harzhauser p. 97
2002Purpura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPurpuraBruguière 1789

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 (Thalessa) Adams and Adams 1854
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Purpura (Thalessa) mekranica Vredenburg 1925
Subg. Purpura (Tritonalia) Fleming 1828
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Tritonalia dorrancei Loel and Corey 1932
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