WoRMS taxon details
Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903
395251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395251)
accepted
Genus
Purpura columellaris Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816) (type by typification of replaced name)
Microtoma Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Microtoma Laporte, 1832 [Hemiptera]
Patellipurpura Dall, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Purpurella Dall, 1872 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Purpurella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853 [Diptera]; Plicopurpura is a replacement name
Thais (Patellipurpura) Dall, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816)
- Species Plicopurpura eudeli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
- Species Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Plicopurpura pansa (A. A. Gould, 1853) accepted as Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395251 on 2026-06-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Microtoma Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]
original description (of Thais (Patellipurpura) Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Contributions to the Tertiary Palaeontology of the Pacific coast. The Miocene of Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. <em>Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey.</em> 59: 1-278., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0059/report.pdf
page(s): 49, 50; note: as new section in the subgenus Thais (Thais) [details]
original description (of Thais (Patellipurpura) Dall, 1909) Dall, W. H. (1909). Contributions to the Tertiary Palaeontology of the Pacific coast. The Miocene of Astoria and Coos Bay, Oregon. <em>Professional Papers, United States Geological Survey.</em> 59: 1-278., available online at https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0059/report.pdf
page(s): 49, 50; note: as new section in the subgenus Thais (Thais) [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]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details] Available for editors 
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