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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 Muricidae by Chiesa et al. (1995), Todd (2001) and Harzhauser (2002); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
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).
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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
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 |
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Albian | Hungary | Tritonalia urgonense (74891) | |
Coniacian | Cameroon | P. liguta (209692) | |
Eocene | USA (California) | Hemifusus volutaeformis (207116) | |
Middle Eocene | Indonesia | P. mancinella (70102) | |
Lutetian | Indonesia (Central Java) | P. volzi (179075) | |
Priabonian | Italy | Tritonalia sp. (78617) | |
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. chicoana (42491 52859) | |
Rupelian | Germany | P. monoplex (95898) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Trinidad and Tobago | P. sp. (80169) | |
Chattian | Myanmar | P. singuensis (76588) | |
Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | Tritonalia scabrosa (60985) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | India | Tritonalia quilonica (72033) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | USA (California) | Ocenebra topangensis (94851 94852 94854) P. topangensis (71221 71223) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Austria | P. vindobonensis (77624) | |
Burdigalian | Argentina | P. chicoana (65186) | |
Burdigalian | Italy | P. elongata (178108) | |
Serravallian | Greece | P. austriaca, P. delbosiana (72305) | |
Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | P. sp., P. erinacea, P. granulifera, P. kojumdgievae, P. confluens, P. vindobonensis (38823) | |
Tortonian | Greece | P. austriaca, P. delbosiana (72310) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | P. turrita (70098) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | USA (California) | P. nanna (216204) Tritonalia topangensis (44423) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Pakistan | P. mekranica (77138) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | P. patula (41554) | |
Pliocene | Mexico (Baja California Sur) | Tritonalia sp. (43682) | |
Pliocene | Pakistan | P. sp. A, P. sp. B (55399) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (California) | P. carpenteri, P. petri, Tritonalia foveolata (200398) Tritonalia foveolata (200403) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Tayabas) | P. patula (41568) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | P. marshalli (59486) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Tritonalia cellulosa (59307) | |
Piacenzian | USA (California) | P. foliata (186031) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | P. foliata (71106) | |
Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tritonalia subangulata (201624) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | P. succincta, P. tumulosa (101549) Tritonalia purpuroides (122937) | |
Pleistocene | Eritrea | P. sertum (101415) | |
Pleistocene | Pakistan | P. rudolphi (55403) | |
Pleistocene | Japan | P. luteostoma (96970 97028) | |
Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | P. foliata (71142) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tritonalia poulsoni (96894 222998) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Mancinella bufo (78043) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain | P. nodosa (128324) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Hawaii) | P. intermedia (89294) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | P. nicklesi (127577) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | P. nuttalli (67641) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | P. haemostoma (34269) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | P. haemastoma (127593 127595 127637 127640) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Mexico (Baja California) | P. pansa (89573 194406 194407) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | P. savignyi (96786) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | Tritonalia parva (96867) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | P. leeana, Tritonalia foveolata, Tritonalia poulsoni (59063) P. nuttallii, Tritonalia poulsoni (96895) | |
Holocene | Japan (Akita) | P. davigera (56380) |