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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Purpura
Bruguière, 1789
Type species
Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]

Purpura Martini, 1777

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

Not to be confused with Purpura Jousseaume, 1880, a synonym of Bolinus Pusch, 1837 [2]

  1. ^ a b Purpura Bruguière, 1789. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Purpura Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396916 on 2022-03-07