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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 Muricidae by Chiesa et al. (1995), Todd (2001) and Harzhauser (2002); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (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
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Hungary Tritonalia urgonense (74891)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon P. liguta (209692)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Hemifusus volutaeformis (207116)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Indonesia P. mancinella (70102)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) P. volzi (179075)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Tritonalia sp. (78617)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. chicoana (42491 52859)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany P. monoplex (95898)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago P. sp. (80169)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Myanmar P. singuensis (76588)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Tritonalia scabrosa (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Tritonalia quilonica (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Ocenebra topangensis (94851 94852 94854) P. topangensis (71221 71223)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria P. vindobonensis (77624)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina P. chicoana (65186)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy P. elongata (178108)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece P. austriaca, P. delbosiana (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) P. sp., P. erinacea, P. granulifera, P. kojumdgievae, P. confluens, P. vindobonensis (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece P. austriaca, P. delbosiana (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia P. turrita (70098)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) P. nanna (216204) Tritonalia topangensis (44423)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan P. mekranica (77138)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) P. patula (41554)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California Sur) Tritonalia sp. (43682)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan P. sp. A, P. sp. B (55399)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) P. carpenteri, P. petri, Tritonalia foveolata (200398) Tritonalia foveolata (200403)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Tayabas) P. patula (41568)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. marshalli (59486)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Tritonalia cellulosa (59307)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) P. foliata (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Oregon) P. foliata (71106)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Tritonalia subangulata (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa P. succincta, P. tumulosa (101549) Tritonalia purpuroides (122937)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea P. sertum (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan P. rudolphi (55403)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan P. luteostoma (96970 97028)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) P. foliata (71142)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Tritonalia poulsoni (96894 222998)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Vanuatu Mancinella bufo (78043)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Spain P. nodosa (128324)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) P. intermedia (89294)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Morocco P. nicklesi (127577)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico P. nuttalli (67641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. haemostoma (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Morocco P. haemastoma (127593 127595 127637 127640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) P. pansa (89573 194406 194407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Djibouti P. savignyi (96786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Ecuador Tritonalia parva (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) P. leeana, Tritonalia foveolata, Tritonalia poulsoni (59063) P. nuttallii, Tritonalia poulsoni (96895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Akita) P. davigera (56380)