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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)
Species Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822
Species Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)
Species Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Purpura (Centrifuga) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
Subgenus Purpura (Cronia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Cronia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
Subgenus Purpura (Monoceros) Lamarck, 1809 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Subgenus Purpura (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Nucella Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subgenus Purpura (Sistrum) Monfort, 1810 † accepted as Drupa Röding, 1798
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 Gray, 1847
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) (synonym)
Species Purpura affinis Reeve, 1846 accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807 (synonym)
Species Purpura alabaster Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Purpura alata Röding, 1798 accepted as Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
Species Purpura alata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Species Purpura alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
Species Purpura albescens Dall, 1919 accepted as Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
Species Purpura albocincta Küster, 1860 accepted as Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822) (synonym)
Species Purpura albofasciata Dall, 1919 accepted as Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
Species Purpura albolabris Blainville, 1832 accepted as Drupa albolabris (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
Species Purpura albomarginata Deshayes, 1839 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839)
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 analoga (Forbes, 1852) (original combination)
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 Drupa aperta (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
Species Purpura armigera (Link, 1807) accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
Species Purpura armigera Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807 (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 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 Lesson, 1842 accepted as Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842) accepted as Usilla avenacea (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) (original 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 Lesson, 1842 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839) (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)
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 bitubercularis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination)
Species Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Stramonita delessertiana (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 Link, 1807 accepted as Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807) (original combination)
Species Purpura brunnea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Purpura buccinea Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Taurasia striata (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
Species Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Purpura bufonides Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
Species Purpura bulbiformis Conrad, 1837 accepted as Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
Species Purpura callaoensis J. E. Gray, 1828 accepted as Acanthais callaoensis (J. E. Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura callaoensis J. E. Gray, 1828 sensu Blainville, 1832 accepted as Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Stramonita delessertiana (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Species Purpura callifera Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Thaisella callifera (Lamarck, 1822) (original 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 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 cancellata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
Species Purpura cancellata Roding, 1798 accepted as Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778) (synonym)
Species Purpura cantrainei Montrouzier, 1861 accepted as Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837)
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 Acanthais triangularis (Blainville, 1832) (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) (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 Blainville, 1832 accepted as Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
Species Purpura clathrata Kuster, 1859 accepted as Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (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) (synonym)
Species Purpura conoidea Zittel, 1865 † accepted as Austrofusus conoideus (Zittel, 1865) †
Species Purpura corniculata Risso, 1826 accepted as Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura cornudamae Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Purpura coronata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura cossmanni de Raincourt, 1884 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura costata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura crassa Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura crassilabrum Deshayes, 1865 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura crenulata Röding, 1798 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura cribrosa Küster, 1859 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura cucurbita Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura cuspidata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura decemcostata Middendorff, 1849 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura delessertiana d'Orbigny, 1841 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura deltoidea Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura depressa K. Martin, 1880 † (unaccepted, invalid, not Link, 1807)
Species Purpura diadema Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura distinguenda Dunker, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura dubia Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura dumasi Vélain, 1877 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura echinata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura echinulata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura elata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura elongata Tryon, 1880 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura emarginata Deshayes, 1839 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura engonata Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura eudeli G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura excursa Hutton, 1873 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura exilis M. Hörnes, 1852 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura exsculpta Dujardin, 1837 † (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, original 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, original combination)
Species Purpura funiculosa Deshayes, 1865 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura fuscata Forbes, 1852 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, synoym)
Species Purpura fusiformis Michelotti, 1847 † (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura fusiformis Blainville, 1832; Purpura subfusiformis is a replacement name)
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, synonym)
Species Purpura gigantea Calcara, 1840 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura gigantea Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura giton Dautzenberg, 1891 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura granulata Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted, original 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 Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura imperialis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted)
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 Philippi, 1848 (unaccepted, original 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 lapierrea Buvignier, 1843 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura lapilloides Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura lassaignei Basterot, 1825 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura laudunensis Defrance, 1826 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura laurentiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1850 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura lefevrei Lesson, 1840 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura leucostoma Deshayes, 1863 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura ligata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Purpura lima (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura limbosa Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original 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 lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887 (unaccepted, synonyms)
Species Purpura lischkei Küster, 1860 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura littorinoides Tenison Woods, 1876 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura lobata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura loca 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, synonym)
Species Purpura maculata Gray, 1835 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura madreporarum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
Species Purpura mancinelloides Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura marginalba Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original 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, synonym)
Species Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura monodonta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, homonym and synonym of Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832)
Species Purpura monstruosa Lesson, 1842 (unaccepted, synoym)
Species Purpura moreausia Buvignier, 1843 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura multilineata Küster, 1859 (unaccepted, 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, 1835 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, 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, original combination)
Species Purpura nodulosa C. B. Adams, 1845 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura nodulosa Beyrich, 1854 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura novaehollandiae Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura nucleus (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted)
Species Purpura nuttalli Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
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)
Species Purpura ostrina Gould, 1852 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura ovalis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pansa Gould, 1853 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura patens Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
Species Purpura peruviana Souleyet, 1852 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pica Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura picta W. Turton, 1825 (unaccepted)
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 pothuani Souleyet, 1852 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura problematica F. Baker, 1891 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura propinqua Tenison Woods, 1877 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pseudamygdala Hedley, 1903 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura pura E. A. Smith, 1903 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pusilla Beyrich, 1854 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, homonym and synonym of Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832)
Species Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura ringens Deshayes, 1865 † (unaccepted, original combination)
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, synonym)
Species Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted, 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, synonym)
Species Purpura scabra Martyn, 1789 (unaccepted, non-binominal)
Species Purpura scabra Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted, synonym)
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, synonym)
Species Purpura scobina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura senegalla Roding, 1798 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura septentrionalis Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura sertata Hedley, 1903 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura sirat Adanson, 1757 (unaccepted, non binominal)
Species Purpura sismondai Doderlein, 1862 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889 (unaccepted, original 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 Lamarck, 1816 (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 squamulosa Deshayes, 1844 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura squamulosa J. E. Gray, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Purpura squamulosa Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura stazzanensis Bellardi, 1882 † (unaccepted)
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 Gray, 1843 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura striata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura striatella Garrett, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura striolata Bronn, 1831 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura subdeltoidea Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura subfusiformis d'Orbigny, 1852 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura subturrita Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura succincta Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura suppressus Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura taeniata Powis, 1835 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura tetragona J. de C. Sowerby, 1825 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura textilosa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, 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 triangularis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura trichotropoides Montrouzier, 1861 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura trigona Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura trinitatensis Guppy, 1869 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura triserialis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura tristis Dunker, 1866 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura tritoniformis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original 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 tuberculata Bellardi, 1882 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura tuberosa Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura tubifer Bruguière, 1792 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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 turris Nomland, 1916 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura umbilicata H. M. Jenkins, 1864 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura undata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, 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, synonym)
Species Purpura violacea Lesson, 1842 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836)
Species Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura virginea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura viverratoides d'Orbigny, 1840 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura woodwardi Roxo, 1924 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura xanthostoma Broderip, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura zeyheri Krauss, 1852 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Purpura boliviana Philippi, 1887 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Purpura capucina Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura carneola Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura clavus Lamarck, 1822 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura dumosa Conrad, 1837 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura elongata Link, 1807 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura glirina Blainville, 1832 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura granatina Deshayes, 1833 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura incisa Philippi, 1848 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Purpura lactuca Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura magellani Vélain, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura medinae Philippi, 1887 † (uncertain > unassessed)
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)
Species Purpura turbinoides Buvignier, 1843 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, junior homonym of Purpura turbinoides Blainville, 1832)
Species Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)
Species Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Subgenus Purpura (Centrifuga) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
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)
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, 1809 accepted as Acanthina Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
» Species Purpura (Monoceros) brevidens Conrad, 1837 accepted as Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
» Species Purpura (Monoceros) engonata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
Subgenus Purpura (Planithais) P. Fischer, 1884 accepted as Tribulus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (synonym)» Species Purpura (Monoceros) engonata Conrad, 1837 accepted as Acanthinucella spirata (Blainville, 1832)
Subgenus Purpura (Polytropa) Swainson, 1840 accepted as Nucella Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
» Species Purpura (Polytropa) bantamensis K. Martin, 1899 † accepted as Linatella caudata (Gmelin, 1791)
» 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 (Ricinula) Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Drupa Röding, 1798» 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)
» Species Purpura (Ricinula) iodostoma Lesson, 1840 accepted as Drupa morum iodostoma (Lesson, 1840) (original 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)» Species Purpura (Ricinula) martiniana Anton, 1838 accepted as Drupella cornus (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
Subgenus Purpura (Sistrum) Monfort, 1810 † accepted as Drupa Röding, 1798
» Species Purpura (Sistrum) austriaca R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1882 † accepted as Morula (Habromorula) austriaca (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1882) †
Subgenus Purpura (Stramonita) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Stramonita Schumacher, 1817 » Species Purpura (Stramonita) haemastomoides R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1882 †
» Species Purpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893 accepted as Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893) (basionym)
» Species Purpura (Stramonita) neglecta Angas, 1867 accepted as Phycothais botanica (Hedley, 1918)
» Species Purpura (Stramonita) sacyi Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924 † accepted as Coralliophila sacyi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924) †
Subgenus Purpura (Thalessa) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 accepted as Volema Röding, 1798» Species Purpura (Stramonita) blanfordi Melvill, 1893 accepted as Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893) (basionym)
» Species Purpura (Stramonita) neglecta Angas, 1867 accepted as Phycothais botanica (Hedley, 1918)
» Species Purpura (Stramonita) sacyi Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924 † accepted as Coralliophila sacyi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924) †
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 Gray, 1847
» Species Purpura (Tritonalia) kojumdgievae Bałuk, 1995 † accepted as Ocinebrina kojumdgievae (Bałuk, 1995) †
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) (synonym)
Species Purpura affinis Reeve, 1846 accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807 (synonym)
Species Purpura alabaster Pilsbry, 1907 accepted as Nucella freycinetii (Deshayes, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Purpura alata Röding, 1798 accepted as Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798) (synonym)
Species Purpura alata Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Ceratostoma foliatum (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Species Purpura alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 accepted as Drupella fragum (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
Species Purpura albescens Dall, 1919 accepted as Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
Species Purpura albocincta Küster, 1860 accepted as Stramonita rustica (Lamarck, 1822) (synonym)
Species Purpura albofasciata Dall, 1919 accepted as Ceratostoma nuttalli (Conrad, 1837)
Species Purpura albolabris Blainville, 1832 accepted as Drupa albolabris (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
Species Purpura albomarginata Deshayes, 1839 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839)
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 analoga (Forbes, 1852) (original combination)
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 Drupa aperta (Blainville, 1832) (original combination)
Species Purpura armigera (Link, 1807) accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807
Species Purpura armigera Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Mancinella armigera Link, 1807 (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 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 Lesson, 1842 accepted as Cronia avenacea (Lesson, 1842) accepted as Usilla avenacea (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) (original 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 Lesson, 1842 accepted as Haustrum albomarginatum (Deshayes, 1839) (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)
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 bitubercularis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Reishia bitubercularis (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination)
Species Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Stramonita delessertiana (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 Link, 1807 accepted as Chicoreus brunneus (Link, 1807) (original combination)
Species Purpura brunnea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Purpura buccinea Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Taurasia striata (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
Species Purpura buccinoidea Blainville, 1829 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Purpura bufonides Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
Species Purpura bulbiformis Conrad, 1837 accepted as Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837) (original combination)
Species Purpura callaoensis J. E. Gray, 1828 accepted as Acanthais callaoensis (J. E. Gray, 1828) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura callaoensis J. E. Gray, 1828 sensu Blainville, 1832 accepted as Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 accepted as Stramonita delessertiana (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Species Purpura callifera Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Thaisella callifera (Lamarck, 1822) (original 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 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 cancellata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 accepted as Muricodrupa fenestrata (Blainville, 1832) (synonym)
Species Purpura cancellata Roding, 1798 accepted as Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778) (synonym)
Species Purpura cantrainei Montrouzier, 1861 accepted as Coralliophila bulbiformis (Conrad, 1837)
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 Acanthais triangularis (Blainville, 1832) (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) (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 Blainville, 1832 accepted as Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
Species Purpura clathrata Kuster, 1859 accepted as Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816) (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) (synonym)
Species Purpura conoidea Zittel, 1865 † accepted as Austrofusus conoideus (Zittel, 1865) †
Species Purpura corniculata Risso, 1826 accepted as Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura cornucervi Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura cornudamae Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Purpura coronata Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura cossmanni de Raincourt, 1884 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura costata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura crassa Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura crassilabrum Deshayes, 1865 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura crenulata Röding, 1798 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura cribrosa Küster, 1859 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura cucurbita Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura cuspidata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura decemcostata Middendorff, 1849 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura delessertiana d'Orbigny, 1841 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura deltoidea Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura depressa K. Martin, 1880 † (unaccepted, invalid, not Link, 1807)
Species Purpura diadema Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura distinguenda Dunker, 1866 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura dubia Krauss, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura dumasi Vélain, 1877 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura echinata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura echinulata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura edwardsii Payraudeau, 1826 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura elata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura elongata Tryon, 1880 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura emarginata Deshayes, 1839 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura engonata Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura eudeli G. B. Sowerby III, 1903 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura excursa Hutton, 1873 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura exilis M. Hörnes, 1852 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura exsculpta Dujardin, 1837 † (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, original 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, original combination)
Species Purpura funiculosa Deshayes, 1865 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura fuscata Forbes, 1852 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura fusiformis Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, synoym)
Species Purpura fusiformis Michelotti, 1847 † (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura fusiformis Blainville, 1832; Purpura subfusiformis is a replacement name)
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, synonym)
Species Purpura gigantea Calcara, 1840 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura gigantea Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura giton Dautzenberg, 1891 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura granulata Duclos, 1832 (unaccepted, original 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 Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura imperialis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted)
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 Philippi, 1848 (unaccepted, original 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 lapierrea Buvignier, 1843 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura lapilloides Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura lassaignei Basterot, 1825 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura laudunensis Defrance, 1826 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura laurentiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1850 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura lefevrei Lesson, 1840 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura leucostoma Deshayes, 1863 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura ligata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Purpura lima (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura limbosa Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, original 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 lineolata Dautzenberg, 1887 (unaccepted, synonyms)
Species Purpura lischkei Küster, 1860 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura littorinoides Tenison Woods, 1876 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura lobata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura loca 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, synonym)
Species Purpura maculata Gray, 1835 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura madreporarum G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
Species Purpura mancinelloides Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura marginalba Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original 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, synonym)
Species Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura monodonta Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, homonym and synonym of Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832)
Species Purpura monstruosa Lesson, 1842 (unaccepted, synoym)
Species Purpura moreausia Buvignier, 1843 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura multilineata Küster, 1859 (unaccepted, 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, 1835 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura nassoidea Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura nassoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, 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, original combination)
Species Purpura nodulosa C. B. Adams, 1845 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura nodulosa Beyrich, 1854 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura novaehollandiae Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura nucleus (Bruguière, 1789) (unaccepted)
Species Purpura nuttalli Conrad, 1837 (unaccepted, synonym)
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)
Species Purpura ostrina Gould, 1852 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura ovalis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pansa Gould, 1853 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura patens Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted)
Species Purpura peruviana Souleyet, 1852 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pica Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura picta W. Turton, 1825 (unaccepted)
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 pothuani Souleyet, 1852 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura problematica F. Baker, 1891 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura propinqua Tenison Woods, 1877 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pseudamygdala Hedley, 1903 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura pura E. A. Smith, 1903 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura pusilla Beyrich, 1854 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura quoyi Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura reticulata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, homonym and synonym of Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832)
Species Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura ringens Deshayes, 1865 † (unaccepted, original combination)
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, synonym)
Species Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846 (unaccepted, 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, synonym)
Species Purpura scabra Martyn, 1789 (unaccepted, non-binominal)
Species Purpura scabra Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted, synonym)
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, synonym)
Species Purpura scobina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura senegalla Roding, 1798 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura septentrionalis Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura sertata Hedley, 1903 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura sirat Adanson, 1757 (unaccepted, non binominal)
Species Purpura sismondai Doderlein, 1862 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889 (unaccepted, original 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 Lamarck, 1816 (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 squamulosa Deshayes, 1844 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura squamulosa J. E. Gray, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Purpura squamulosa Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura stazzanensis Bellardi, 1882 † (unaccepted)
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 Gray, 1843 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura striata Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura striatella Garrett, 1857 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura striolata Bronn, 1831 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura subdeltoidea Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura subfusiformis d'Orbigny, 1852 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura subturrita Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura succincta Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura suppressus Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura taeniata Powis, 1835 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura tetragona J. de C. Sowerby, 1825 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura textilosa Lamarck, 1816 (unaccepted, 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 triangularis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura trichotropoides Montrouzier, 1861 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura trigona Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura trinitatensis Guppy, 1869 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura triserialis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura tristis Dunker, 1866 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura tritoniformis Blainville, 1832 (unaccepted, original 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 tuberculata Bellardi, 1882 † (unaccepted)
Species Purpura tuberosa Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura tubifer Bruguière, 1792 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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 turris Nomland, 1916 † (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura umbilicata H. M. Jenkins, 1864 (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura undata Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted, 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, synonym)
Species Purpura violacea Lesson, 1842 (unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836)
Species Purpura violacea Kiener, 1836 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura virginea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura viverratoides d'Orbigny, 1840 (unaccepted, original combination)
Species Purpura wahlbergi (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted, synonym)
Species Purpura woodwardi Roxo, 1924 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Purpura xanthostoma Broderip, 1833 (unaccepted)
Species Purpura zeyheri Krauss, 1852 (unaccepted, junior synonym)
Species Purpura boliviana Philippi, 1887 † (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Purpura capucina Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura carneola Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura clavus Lamarck, 1822 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura dumosa Conrad, 1837 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura elongata Link, 1807 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura glirina Blainville, 1832 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura granatina Deshayes, 1833 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura incisa Philippi, 1848 (uncertain > unassessed)
Species Purpura lactuca Röding, 1798 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Purpura magellani Vélain, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Purpura medinae Philippi, 1887 † (uncertain > unassessed)
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)
Species Purpura turbinoides Buvignier, 1843 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, junior homonym of Purpura turbinoides Blainville, 1832)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
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]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
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MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Purpura Bruguière, 1789. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204939 on 2023-02-06
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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]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
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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]
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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]
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