MolluscaBase - Purpurella Bellardi, 1882 †

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Purpurella Bellardi, 1882 †

AphiaID

888155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:888155)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Purpurella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853 [Diptera] and Purpurella Dall, 1871)

Accepted name

Taurasia Bellardi, 1882

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Purpurella canaliculata Bellardi, 1882 † accepted as Taurasia heteroclita (Grateloup, 1845) † (type by monotypy)

Type taxon of

Purpurellinae Bellardi, 1882 †

Parent

Rapaninae Gray, 1853

Original name

Purpurella Bellardi, 1882 †

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Species Purpurella canaliculata Bellardi, 1882 † accepted as Taurasia heteroclita (Grateloup, 1845) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Bellardi, L. (1882). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte III. Gasteropoda (Buccinidae, Cyclopsidae, Purpuridae, Coralliophilidae, Olividae). Ermanno Loescher, Roma, Torino, Firenze; 253 pp., 12 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45376
page(s): 193 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Purpurella Bellardi, 1882 †. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888155 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2016-10-16 18:58:16Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Bellardi, L. (1882). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte III. Gasteropoda (Buccinidae, Cyclopsidae, Purpuridae, Coralliophilidae, Olividae). Ermanno Loescher, Roma, Torino, Firenze; 253 pp., 12 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45376
page(s): 193 [details]