Purpura (gastropod)
Purpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Purpura | |
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| Purpura bufo and 2 shells of Purpura persica (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Purpura Bruguière, 1789 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Purpura Martini, 1777 | |
Species
Species within the genus Purpura include:
- Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822[2]
- Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
- Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Purpura hippocastanum Lamarck:[4] synonym of Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Purpura hystrix Linnaeus:[5] synonym of Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758):[6] synonym of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758):[7] synonym of Thais (Mancinella) alouina (Röding, 1798)
- Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832: synonym of Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
- Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833: synonym of Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829)
- Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822:[8] synonym of Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
References
- Purpura Bruguière, 1789. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Purpura hippocastanum Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Purpura hystrix Linnaeus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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