WoRMS taxon details
Purpura Bruguière, 1789
204939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204939)
accepted
Genus
Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Purpura (Purpura) Bruguière, 1789 · unaccepted
- Species Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822
- Species Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)
- Species Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Purpura (Acanthina) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Purpura (Centrifuga) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
- Subgenus Purpura (Chorus) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Chorus J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Purpura (Coralliophila) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Coralliophila H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Purpura (Coralliophila) turris Mörch, 1872 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subgenus Purpura (Cronia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Cronia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
- Species Purpura (Cronia) anomala Angas, 1877 accepted as Macteola anomala (Angas, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Purpura (Cuma) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Cymia Mörch, 1860
- Species Purpura (Cuma) gradata Jonas, 1846 accepted as Indothais gradata (Jonas, 1846) (original combination)
- Subgenus Purpura (Drupella) Thiele, 1925 accepted as Drupella Thiele, 1925 (original rank)
- Subgenus Purpura (Monoceros) Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura (Monoceros) brevidens Conrad, 1837 accepted as Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura (Monoceros) engonata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura (Monoceros) lapilloides Conrad, 1837 accepted as Acanthinucella punctulata (J. E. Gray, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura (Monoceros) tessellata R. P. Lesson, 1840 (uncertain > unassessed, junior homonym of Purpura tessellata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (also an unassessed name))
- Subgenus Purpura (Planithais) P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Tribulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)
- Subgenus Purpura (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Nucella Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura (Polytropa) exilis Dunker, 1871 accepted as Eucyclotoma exilis (Dunker, 1871) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Purpura exilis M. Hörnes, 1852 †)
- Species Purpura (Polytropa) lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura (Polytropa) lima (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Purpura (Purpura) Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Purpura Bruguière, 1789
- Subgenus Purpura (Ricinula) Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Ricinula Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma R. P. Lesson, 1840 accepted as Drupa iodostoma (R. P. Lesson, 1840) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura (Ricinula) martiniana Anton, 1838 accepted as Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
- Subgenus Purpura (Semiricinula) E. von Martens, 1879 accepted as Semiricinula E. von Martens, 1879 (original rank)
- Subgenus Purpura (Stramonita) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Stramonita Schumacher, 1817
- Species Purpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893 accepted as Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura (Stramonita) neglecta Angas, 1867 accepted as Phycothais botanica (Hedley, 1918)
- Subgenus Purpura (Thalessa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Volema Röding, 1798
- Species Purpura (Thalessa) problematica F. Baker, 1891 accepted as Reishia problematica (F. Baker, 1891) (superseded combination)
- Species Purpura (Thalessa) pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929 accepted as Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Purpura (Tribulus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Tribulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
- Subgenus Purpura (Tritonalia) J. Fleming, 1828 accepted as Ocenebra Leach, 1847
- Subgenus Purpura (Trochia) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Trochia Swainson, 1840
- Subgenus Purpura (Vasula) Mörch, 1860 accepted as Vasula Mörch, 1860 (original rank)
- Species Purpura abbreviata auct. non Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Coralliophila galea (Dillwyn, 1823)
- Species Purpura aberrans C. B. Adams, 1850 accepted as Coralliophila aberrans (C. B. Adams, 1850)
- Species Purpura aculeata Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Tylothais aculeata (Deshayes, 1844) (original combination)
- Species Purpura aegrota Reeve, 1846 accepted as Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura affinis Reeve, 1846 accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807 (synonym)
- Species Purpura alabaster Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Nucella heyseana (Dunker, 1882)
- Species Purpura alata Röding, 1798 accepted as Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura alata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Purpura alba Risso, 1826)
- Species Purpura albescens Dall, 1919 accepted as Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Purpura albocincta Küster, 1860 accepted as Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura albofasciata Dall, 1919 accepted as Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Purpura albolabris Blainville, 1832 accepted as Sistrum albolabris (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura albomarginata Deshayes, 1839 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839) (superseded combination)
- Species Purpura altispiralis Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 accepted as Thais clavigera (Küster, 1860) accepted as Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860)
- Species Purpura alveolata Kiener, 1835 accepted as Engina alveolata (Kiener, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Purpura alveolata Reeve, 1846 accepted as Drupella rugosa (Born, 1778) (invalid: junior homonym of Purpura alveolata Kiener, 1835)
- Species Purpura amygdala Kiener, 1835 accepted as Cronia amygdala (Kiener, 1835) (original combination)
- Species Purpura analoga Forbes, 1852 accepted as Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura anaxares Kiener, 1836 accepted as Muricodrupa anaxares (Kiener, 1836) (original combination)
- Species Purpura angulifera Duclos, 1832 accepted as Cymia tectum (W. Wood, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Purpura aperta Blainville, 1832 accepted as Amplidrupa aperta (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura armigera (Link, 1807) accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
- Species Purpura armigera Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Homonym and synonym)
- Species Purpura ascensionis Blainville, 1832 accepted as Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Species Purpura ascensionis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Thais nodosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (homonym and synonym of Purpura ascensionis Blainville, 1832)
- Species Purpura aterrima R. P. Lesson, 1842 accepted as Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Purpura atromarginata Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832) (invalid: unjustified emendation of Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832)
- Species Purpura atro-marginata accepted as Purpura atromarginata Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832) (incorrect original spelling)
- Species Purpura attenuata Reeve, 1846 accepted as Nucella lima (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura aurantiaca Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 accepted as Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848) (original combination)
- Species Purpura avenacea R. P. Lesson, 1842 accepted as Cronia avenacea (R. P. Lesson, 1842) accepted as Usilla avenacea (R. P. Lesson, 1842) (original combination)
- Species Purpura baccata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 accepted as Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
- Species Purpura baileyana Tenison Woods, 1881 accepted as Haustrum baileyanum (Tenison Woods, 1881) accepted as Bedeva baileyana (Tenison Woods, 1881) (superseded combination)
- Species Purpura barcinonensis Hidalgo, 1867 accepted as Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
- Species Purpura bicarinata Blainville, 1832 accepted as Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Purpura bicolor R. P. Lesson, 1842 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura biconica Blainville, 1832 accepted as Morula biconica (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
- Species Purpura bicostalis Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Stramonita biserialis (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura bimaculata Jonas, 1845 accepted as Menathais bimaculata (Jonas, 1845) (original combination)
- Species Purpura biserialis Blainville, 1832 accepted as Stramonita biserialis (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
- Species Purpura bispinosa (R. A. Philippi, 1844) accepted as Melongena bispinosa (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura bitubercularis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Stramonita delessertiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (original combination)
- Species Purpura blanfordi Melvill, 1893 accepted as Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893) (original combination)
- Species Purpura bollonsi Suter, 1906 accepted as Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889) (synonym)
- Species Purpura botanica Hedley, 1918 accepted as Phycothais botanica (Hedley, 1918) (original combination)
- Species Purpura brevidens Conrad, 1837 accepted as Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
- Species Purpura brevis Blainville, 1832 accepted as Coralliophila brevis (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
- Species Purpura bronni Dunker, 1860 accepted as Reishia bronni (Dunker, 1860) accepted as Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802) (original combination)
- Species Purpura brunnea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Purpura brunnea Link, 1807 accepted as Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807) (original combination)
- Species Purpura buccinea Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Taurasia striata (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
- Species Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura bufonides Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
- Species Purpura bulbiformis Conrad, 1837 accepted as Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837) (superseded combination)
- Species Purpura callaoensis J. E. Gray, 1828 sensu Blainville, 1832 accepted as Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Stramonita delessertiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Species Purpura callaoensis J. E. Gray, 1828 accepted as Penethais callaoensis (J. E. Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura callifera Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Thaisella callifera (Lamarck, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura callosa Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
- Species Purpura callosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 accepted as Cymia tectum (W. Wood, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Purpura canaliculata Duclos, 1832 accepted as Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832) (original combination)
- Species Purpura cancellata Roding, 1798 accepted as Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778) (synonym)
- Species Purpura cancellata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
- Species Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836 accepted as Neothais marginatra (Blainville, 1832) (objective synonym: established as a substitute name for marginatra, by Kiener judged less appropriate; invalid junior homonym of Purpura cancellata Röding, 1798)
- Species Purpura cantrainei Montrouzier, 1861 accepted as Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura capensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 accepted as Mancinella capensis (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852) (original combination)
- Species Purpura carinata Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 accepted as Indothais lacera (Born, 1778) (synonym)
- Species Purpura carinifera Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Indothais lacera (Born, 1778) (synonym)
- Species Purpura carolensis Reeve, 1846 accepted as Penethais triangularis (Blainville, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura cassidiformis Blainville, 1832 accepted as Xanthochorus cassidiformis (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
- Species Purpura castanea Küster, 1859 accepted as Orania castanea (Küster, 1859) (original combination)
- Species Purpura centiquadra Duclos, 1832 accepted as Vasula speciosa (Valenciennes, 1832) (name unavailable under ICZN Art. 11.5: established in synonymy)
- Species Purpura chaidea Duclos, 1832 accepted as Oppomorus noduliferus (Menke, 1829) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura chocolata Duclos, 1832 accepted as Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832) (original combination)
- Species Purpura chocolatum Duclos, 1832 accepted as Purpura chocolata Duclos, 1832 accepted as Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832) (incorrect gender agreement)
- Species Purpura chrysostoma Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Morula chrysostoma (Deshayes, 1844) (original combination)
- Species Purpura chusani Souleyet, 1852 accepted as Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802) (synonym)
- Species Purpura cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771) accepted as Trochia cingulata (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Purpura clathrata Küster, 1859 accepted as Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura clathrata Blainville, 1832 accepted as Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura clavigera Küster, 1860 accepted as Reishia clavigera (Küster, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Purpura columellaris Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816) (original combination)
- Species Purpura congener Roding, 1798 accepted as Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura corniculata Risso, 1826 accepted as Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832 accepted as Acanthais brevidentata (W. Wood, 1828) (synonym)
- Species Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798 accepted as Chicoreus cornucervi (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura cornudamae Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Purpura coronata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Thaisella coronata (Lamarck, 1816) (original combination)
- Species Purpura costata Blainville, 1832 accepted as Coralliophila costata (Blainville, 1832)
- Species Purpura crassa Blainville, 1832 accepted as Vasula melones (Duclos, 1832) (synonym)
- Species Purpura cribrosa Küster, 1859 accepted as Vaughtia scrobiculata (Dunker, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura cucurbita Duclos, 1832 accepted as Burnupena lagenaria (Lamarck, 1822)
- Species Purpura cuspidata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 accepted as Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822) (synonym)
- Species Purpura decemcostata Middendorff, 1849 accepted as Nucella canaliculata (Duclos, 1832) (synonym)
- Species Purpura delessertiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 accepted as Stramonita delessertiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (original combination)
- Species Purpura deltoidea Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Vasula deltoidea (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination)
- Species Purpura diadema Reeve, 1846 accepted as Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
- Species Purpura distinguenda Dunker, 1866 accepted as Tylothais virgata (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Species Purpura dubia Krauss, 1848 accepted as Nucella dubia (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura dumasi Vélain, 1877 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura echinata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura echinulata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura elata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura elongata Tryon, 1880 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura elongata Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Species Purpura emarginata Deshayes, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura engonata Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura eudeli G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura fasciata Dunker, 1857 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura fasciata Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura fenestrata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura fiscella (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura flammea Mörch, 1852 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura flindersi A. Adams & Angas, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura floridana Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura foliacea Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura foliata (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura forbesii Dunker, 1853 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura fragum Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura francolinus Kiener, 1835 (unaccepted, Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Nassa francolina (Bruguiere, 1789); Nassa tuamotuensis is a replacement name)
- Species Purpura freycinetii Deshayes, 1839 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura fuscata Forbes, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, synoym)
- Species Purpura fusiformis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798)
- Species Purpura gemmulata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura gibbosa Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura gigantea Calcara, 1840 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura gigantea Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura giton Dautzenberg, 1891 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura granulata Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura grateloupiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1850 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura grayi Kiener, 1835 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura guineensis Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura haematura Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura harpa Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura haustrum (Martyn, 1784) (unaccepted, Martyn, 1784 is a work rejected for nomenclatorial purposes (see ICZN opinions 456 and 479))
- Species Purpura helena Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura heyseana Dunker, 1882 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura hippocastanum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura hiulca Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura humilis Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura hystrix (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura imbricata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura imperialis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura imperialis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura incarnata Röding, 1758 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura inerma Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura infumata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura intermedia Kiener, 1835 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura janellii Kiener, 1836 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura jatou Jousseaume, 1880 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura javanica R. A. Philippi, 1848 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura kienerii Deshayes, 1844 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura kiosquiformis Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura laevis Monterosato, 1878 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura lagenaria Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura laurentiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1850 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura lefevrei R. P. Lesson, 1840 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura leucostoma Deshayes, 1863 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura ligata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura lima (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura limbosa Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura lineata Kiener, 1835 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura lineata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > unavailable name, declared nomen oblitum by Old, 1964)
- Species Purpura lineolata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Purpura lineolata Risso, 1826)
- Species Purpura lischkei Küster, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura littorinoides Tenison Woods, 1876 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura lobata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura loca A. d'Orbigny, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura luteomarginata Montrouzier, 1861 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura macrostoma Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura macrostoma Küster, 1860 (unaccepted, invalid; not Conrad, 1837)
- Species Purpura maculata Gray, 1835 (unaccepted, junior objective synonym)
- Species Purpura madreporarum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura mancinelloides Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura marginalba Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura marginata Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura marginatra Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura marmorata Pease, 1865 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura martinetana Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura martiniana Anton, 1838 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura melones Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura minor Hidalgo, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, invalid; not Küster, 1860)
- Species Purpura monodonta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, homonym and synonym of Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832)
- Species Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura monstruosa A. Lesson, 1842 (unaccepted, synoym)
- Species Purpura multilineata Küster, 1859 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura muricata Broderip, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura muricina Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura muricoides Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura muricoides Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura muricoides Blainville, 1832)
- Species Purpura musiva Kiener, 1836 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura nebulosa Conrad, 1867 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura neglecta Angas, 1867 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura neglecta Michelotti, 1847; Purpura botanica is a replacement name)
- Species Purpura neritoides Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura nodosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura nodulifera Menke, 1829 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura nodulosa C. B. Adams, 1845 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura novaehollandiae Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura nucleus (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura nuttalli Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura nuttalli (Conrad, 1837) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura nympha Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura oceanica Locard, 1886 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura ocellata Kiener, 1835 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura ochrostoma Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura osculans C. B. Adams, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura ostrina A. Gould, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura ovalis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura pansa Gould, 1853 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura patens Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura patulum (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Purpura peruviana Souleyet, 1852 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura pica Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura picta W. Turton, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
- Species Purpura pileopsis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura planospira Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura plicata E. von Martens, 1872 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura porphyroleuca Crosse, 1870 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura pothuanii [sic] Souleyet, 1852 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Purpura pothuauii Souleyet, 1852 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura problematica F. Baker, 1891 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura propinqua Tenison Woods, 1877 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura pseudamygdala Hedley, 1903 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura pura E. A. Smith, 1903 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura rapa Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, homonym and synonym of Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832)
- Species Purpura rosarium Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura rudis Link, 1807 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura rudolphi (Chemnitz, 1788) (unaccepted, unavailable name published in a non-binominal work placed on the Official Index)
- Species Purpura rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura rugosa Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura rustica Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura sanguinolenta Duclos, 1833 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura savignyi Deshayes, 1844 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura saxicola Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura scabra Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura scabra Martyn, 1789 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in a work placed on the Official Index)
- Species Purpura scalariformis Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Purpura scalaris Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura scalaris Menke, 1829 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura scobina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura senegalla Roding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura septentrionalis Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura sertata Hedley, 1903 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura sirat Adanson, 1757 (unaccepted, non binominal)
- Species Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura spathulifera Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura speciosa Valenciennes, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura sphaeridia Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura spiralis Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura spirata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura squamigera Deshayes, 1833 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura squamosa Deshayes, 1833 (unaccepted, Invalid: junior homonym of Purpura squamosa Lamarck, 1816; Purpura squamulosa Deshayes, 1844, is a replacement name)
- Species Purpura squamosa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura squamulosa Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura squamulosa Deshayes, 1844 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura squamulosa J. E. Gray, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura stellaris Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unaccepted, synonim)
- Species Purpura striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, homonym and synonym of Purpura striata Blainville, 1832)
- Species Purpura striata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura striata J. E. Gray, 1843 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura striatella Garrett, 1857 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura subdeltoidea Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura subturrita Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura succincta Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura suppressus Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura taeniata Powys, 1835 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura textilosa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura texturata E. A. Smith, 1904 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura timida Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura tissoti Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura tosana Pilsbry, 1904 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura trapa sensu Guppy, 1877 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Purpura triangularis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura trichotropoides Montrouzier, 1861 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura trigona Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura trinitatensis Guppy, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Purpura triserialis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura tristis Dunker, 1866 (unaccepted, junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura tritoniformis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, superseded combination)
- Species Purpura trochlea Gray, 1839 (unaccepted, Junior secondary homonym of Buccinum trochlea Bruguière, 1789.)
- Species Purpura truncata Duclos, 1833 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura tuberculata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura tuberosa Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura tumulosa Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura turbinella Kiener, 1836 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura turbinoides Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura umbilicata H. M. Jenkins, 1864 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura undata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura unifascialis Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura vaquerosensis Arnold, 1907 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura variabilis Deshayes, 1863 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura variegata Roding, 1798 (unaccepted, synonym)
- Species Purpura venosa Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura viduata Küster, 1859 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura violacea R. P. Lesson, 1842 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836)
- Species Purpura virginea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura viverratoides A. d'Orbigny, 1840 (unaccepted, original combination)
- Species Purpura wahlbergi Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Purpura xanthostoma Broderip, 1833 (unaccepted)
- Species Purpura zeyheri Krauss, 1852 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
- Species Purpura capucina Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Purpura carneola Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Purpura dumosa Conrad, 1837 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Purpura foveolata C. B. Adams, 1852 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Purpura glirina Blainville, 1832 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Purpura granatina Deshayes, 1833 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Purpura incisa R. A. Philippi, 1848 (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Purpura lactuca Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Purpura magellani Vélain, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Purpura rosana Schumacher, 1817 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Purpura scabra Link, 1807 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Purpura semiimbricata Lamarck, 1822 (uncertain, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Purpura tessellata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, use in recent liteature currently undocumented)
- Species Purpura thiarella Lamarck, 1822 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
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Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpura Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204939 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): xv [details]
page(s): xv [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors
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