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Purpurina concava

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria concava was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Purpurina concava by Kittl (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. ornatissima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Pleurotomaria concava Münster p. 112 figs. Pl 12, fig 7
1892Purpurina concava Kittl p. 65

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpurinad'Orbigny 1850
speciesconcava()

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.

†Purpurina concava Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available