Purpura

Zoology

Taxonomy

Phylum

Mollusca 235

Class

Gastropoda 235

Order

Neogastropoda 233

Family

Buccinidae 49

Columbellidae 1

Muricidae 185

Species

Purpura alba Risso, 1826 2 2

Purpura albomarginata Deshayes, 1839 4 3

Purpura anaxares Kiener, 1836 1 1

Purpura angulata DUJARDIN, 1837 1

Purpura ascensionis Blainville, 1832 2 2

Purpura aterrima Lesson, 1842 1 1

Purpura aurantiaca Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 1 1

Purpura avenacea Lesson, 1842 1 1

Purpura baccata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 1 1

Purpura baochauae Thach, 2025 1

Purpura barcinonensis Hidalgo, 1867 1 1

Purpura bicolor Lesson, 1842 1 1

Purpura biconica Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura biserialis Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura blainvillei Deshayes, 1844 3 1

Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 28 11

Purpura canaliculata Duclos, 1832 1 1

Purpura cancellata Kiener, 1836 1 1

Purpura cantrainei Montrouzier, 1861 4 2

Purpura capensis Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 1 1

Purpura chocolatum Duclos, 1832 1 1

Purpura chrysostoma Deshayes, 1844 1 1

Purpura chusani Souleyet, 1852 1 1

Purpura cornigera Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura costata Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura crassilabrum LAMARCK, 1822 3 3

Purpura crispata d'ORBIGNY, 1852 1

Purpura dumasi Vélain, 1877 4 4

Purpura elongata Tryon, 1880 1 1

Purpura emarginata Deshayes, 1839 2 1

Purpura exilis PARTSCH 1

Purpura exulpta DUJARDIN, 1837 3

Purpura fitula Valenciennes 1

Purpura freycinetii Deshayes, 1839 1 1

Purpura gallica GERVAIS in VIGUIER, 1889 1 1

Purpura giton Dautzenberg, 1891 2 2

Purpura grateloupiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1850 1 1

Purpura haemastoma LINNAEUS, 1767 1 1

Purpura helena Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 1 1

Purpura hiulca Valenciennes, 1846 1 1

Purpura hornesi PECCHIOLI 1

Purpura infumata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 1 1

Purpura intermedia MICHELOTTI 1

Purpura intexta d'ORBIGNY, 1852 1

Purpura kienerii Deshayes, 1844 2 1

Purpura kiosquiformis Duclos, 1832 2 2

Purpura lafollettei Thach, 2025 1

Purpura lamarchii Risso, 1826 1 1

Purpura laurentiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1850 1 1

Purpura lefevrei Lesson, 1840 1 1

Purpura leucostoma Deshayes, 1863 1 1

Purpura lineolata Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura luteomarginata Montrouzier, 1861 2 2

Purpura magellani Vélain, 1877 44 1

Purpura marginalba Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura marginata Valenciennes, 1846 1 1

Purpura martinii MATHERON, 1843 1

Purpura melones Duclos, 1832 1 1

Purpura monodonta Blainville, 1832 2 2

Purpura monstruosa Lesson, 1842 1 1

Purpura munieri VASSEUR, 1882 2 2

Purpura muricina Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura muricoides Blainville, 1832 2 2

Purpura nicklesi LECOINTRE, 1952 2 2

Purpura nodosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 1 1

Purpura ochrostoma Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura panama (Röding, 1798) 1

Purpura patens Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 1 1

Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) 23 16

Purpura pica Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura picta Scacchi, 1836 1 1

Purpura plessisi LECOINTRE, 1952 3 3

Purpura porphyroleuca Crosse, 1870 1 1

Purpura pothuani Souleyet, 1852 1 1

Purpura reticulata Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura rugosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 2 1

Purpura rupestris Valenciennes, 1846 2 2

Purpura sacyi COSSMANN & PEYROT, 1924 1

Purpura savignyi Deshayes, 1844 4 3

Purpura saxicola Valenciennes, 1846 1 1

Purpura scobina Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 2 1

Purpura sp. 6

Purpura speciosa Valenciennes, 1832 3 2

Purpura spirata Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura squamigera Deshayes, 1833 1 1

Purpura stellaris Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 1 1

Purpura striata Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura striolata BRONN 3

Purpura tissoti Petit de la Saussaye, 1852 2 2

Purpura tritoniformis Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura tuberculata Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura tubifer BRUGUIÈRE, 1792 1 1

Purpura turbinoides Blainville, 1832 1 1

Purpura variabilis Deshayes, 1863 2 2

Purpura variegata Risso, 1826 2 2

Purpura violacea Lesson, 1842 1 1

235 Specimens registered in collections

Collection	Number of specimens (or sets)
Molluscs (IM)	199
Paleontology (F)	36