| 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 
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| 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] | |
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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]
- ^ a b Purpura Bruguière, 1789. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ 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