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Purpurellus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpurellus was named by Jousseaume (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Pterynotus (Purpurellus) by Vokes (1970) and Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Pterynotus by Vokes (1970) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Muricidae by Landau et al. (2007).

Synonyms
  • Triremis was named by Fischer (1884). It is extant.

    It was synonymized objectively with Purpurellus by Vokes (1970).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Purpurellus Jousseaume
1884Triremis Fischer p. 641
1970Pterynotus (Purpurellus) Vokes p. 16
2001Pterynotus (Purpurellus) Todd
2002Purpurellus Sepkoski
2007Purpurellus Landau et al. p. 17

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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
genusPurpurellusJousseaume 1880

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. Purpurellus Jousseaume 1880
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†Purpurellus veranyi Paulucci 1866
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Invalid names: Murex gastraldii Bellardi 1873 [synonym]
Invalid names: Triremis Fischer 1884 [objective synonym]
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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 28.40000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Pterynotus repetiti (92606)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France P. gastaldii (74861)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Hungary P. cyclopterus (191165)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Pterynotus eyelopterus, Pterynotus cyclopterus (38823)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Pterynotus mirificus (93601 94000 94005 94094 131660)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain P. veranyi (80562)