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Purpurinidae

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Purpurinidae Zittel
1988Purpurinidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
2005Purpurinidae Bouchet et al. p. 251

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895

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.

Fm. Purpurinidae Zittel 1895
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G. †Angularia Koken 1892
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Subg. †Angularia (Aristerostrophia) Broili 1907
Angularia loxonemoides Kittl 1894
Angularia rectecostata Nützel and Erwin 2004
Angularia subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
G. †Cimoliocentrum Cossmann 1909
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Cimoliocentrum cureti Cossmann 1899
Invalid names: Centrogonia Cossmann 1899 [replaced]
G. †Leviathania Golovinova and Korotkov 1986
G. †Microschiza Gemmellaro 1876
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Subg. †Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Hudleston 1882
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Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris Conrad in Lynch 1852
Microschiza arguta Böhm 1895
Microschiza clathrata Deshayes 1855
Microschiza semiornata Goldfuss 1844
G. †Moerckeia Böhm 1895
G. †Ochetochilus Cossmann 1899
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Ochetochilus piceus Szabo 1983
Ochetochilus subvaricosus Cossmann 1899
G. †Parangularia Kutassy 1937
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Parangularia hungarica Kutassy 1933
G. †Protofusus Bonarelli 1921
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Protofusus gracilis Haas 1953
Protofusus peruvianus Haas 1953
G. †Pseudoscalites Kittl 1892
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Pseudoscalites armatus Stoppani 1857
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Invalid names: Actaeonina esinensis Stoppani 1858 [synonym], Actaeonina fusoides Stoppani 1857 [synonym], Eulima decristoforis Stoppani 1857 [synonym]
G. †Purpurina d'Orbigny 1850
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Subg. Purpurina (Globipurpurina) Waagen 1867
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Invalid names: Purpurina inflata Tawney 1873 [synonym]
Subg. †Purpurina (Pseudalaria) Hudleston 1887
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Pseudalaria etheridgii Tawney 1873
Subg. †Purpurina (Purpurina) d'Orbigny 1850
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Purpurina concava Münster 1841
Purpurina coronata Hebert and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
Purpurina elaborata Lycett 1850
Purpurina formosa Eichwald 1868
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Invalid names: Fusus minutus Rouillier 1849 [replaced]
Purpurina gravinaensis Smith 1927
Purpurina pleurotomaria Münster 1841
Purpurina scalaris Münster 1841
Purpurina sowerbyi Waagen 1867
Purpurina subcerithiformis Krumbeck 1913
Purpurina subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania latescalata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Purpurina vaceki Kittl 1892
G. †Purpuroidea Lycett 1848
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Purpuroidea acatlana Alencaster and Buitron 1965
Purpuroidea applanata Kittl 1894
Purpuroidea praecursor Fischer et al. 2002
Purpuroidea rugosa Böhm 1895
G. †Tretospira Koken 1892
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Tretospira angulata Deshayes 1855
Tretospira carinata Deshayes 1855
Tretospira fasciata Kittl 1892
Tretospira funiculata Reed 1944
Tretospira indica Reed 1944
Tretospira multistriata Wohrmann 1892
Tretospira obtusa Deshayes 1855
G. †Werfenella Nützel 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available