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Purpurina

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Purpurina d'Orbigny
1989Purpurina Conti and Szabó p. 38
2002Purpurina Sepkoski
2004Purpurina Kaim p. 107
2013Purpurina Schulbert and Nützel p. 750

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpurinad'Orbigny 1850

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Purpurina d'Orbigny 1850
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Subg. Purpurina (Globipurpurina) Waagen 1867
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Invalid names: Purpurina inflata Tawney 1873 [synonym]
Subg. †Purpurina (Pseudalaria) Hudleston 1887
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†Pseudalaria etheridgii Tawney 1873
Subg. †Purpurina (Purpurina) d'Orbigny 1850
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†Purpurina concava Münster 1841
†Purpurina coronata Hebert and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
†Purpurina elaborata Lycett 1850
†Purpurina formosa Eichwald 1868
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Invalid names: Fusus minutus Rouillier 1849 [replaced]
†Purpurina gravinaensis Smith 1927
†Purpurina pleurotomaria Münster 1841
†Purpurina scalaris Münster 1841
†Purpurina sowerbyi Waagen 1867
†Purpurina subcerithiformis Krumbeck 1913
†Purpurina subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania latescalata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
†Purpurina vaceki Kittl 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height117.693.6014.59.103.95

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Hauterivian or 235.00000 to 129.40000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 232.0 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) P. pleurotomaria (203197)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy P. subpleurotomaria (164191)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa (145649) P. pleurotomaria (144632 144634) P. pleurotomaria, P. vaceki, P. subpleurotomaria (144631) P. sp. (50956 50959) Turbo pleurotomarius, Turbo subpleurotomarius, Pleurotomaria concava, Turbo scalaris (137429)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary P. minima, P. plicata (73270)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Maluku) P. subcerithiformis (204327 204489)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) P. gravinaensis (100531 112242) P. sp. (100529 112243)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0China (Yunnan) P. weishanensis (165405)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany P. liassica (159446)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) P. ornatissima (204116)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Italy P. elaborata (91410)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom Pseudalaria etheridgii (171005)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Germany P. sowerbyi (150924 150925)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia P. sp. (48031 48032)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia P. sp. (48307)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany P. condensata (58228)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India P. sp. (61816 63062)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland P. coronata, P. formosa (63064)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Sweden P. coronata (228427)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland P. sp. (1215)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal P. falloti (73316)