Purpura (gastropod)
| Purpura | |
|---|---|
| Purpura bufo and 2 shells of Purpura persica (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
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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.
Not to be confused with Purpura Jousseaume, 1880, a synonym of Bolinus Pusch, 1837