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Purpura (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Rapaninae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Muricidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

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Similar
  
Purpura bufo, Thais malayensis, Orania, Dermomurex, Thais bitubercularis

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

Species

Species within the genus Purpura include:

  • Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822
  • Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)
    • Species brought into synonymy 
  • Purpura hippocastanum Lamarck: synonym of Thais (Thalessa) virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Purpura hystrix Linnaeus: synonym of Drupa (Drupa) ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758): 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: synonym of Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)

    • References

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