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genus

Purpura Bruguiére, 1789

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Muricidae - Muricids

Description

Shell with short to moderate spire and large aperture; surface sculptured, but not varicose; columella arched, generally flattened, sometimes excavated; canal short, with a deep notch; operculum with the nucleus at the middle of one side.
Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 5

species Purpura bufo J. B. Lamarck, 1822

Purpura bufo

species Purpura panama P. F. Röding, 1798

Purpura panama

species Purpura persica C. Linnaeus, 1758

Purpura persica

species Purpura rudolphi J. B. Lamarck, 1822

Purpura rudolphi

species Purpura ventricosa R. Tate

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1368922]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Purpura Lamarck, 1799]
Data retrieved on: 29 November 2019
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