Purpura (gastropod)

Purpura
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
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Purpura
Bruguière, 1789
Synonyms[1]

Purpura Martini, 1777

Purpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Purpura include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. 1 2 Purpura Bruguière, 1789.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. Purpura hippocastanum Lamarck.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. Purpura hystrix Linnaeus.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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