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Purpurinidae

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Purpurinidae Zittel
1988Purpurinidae Ponder and Warén p. 295
2005Purpurinidae Bouchet et al. p. 251

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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
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895

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.

Fm. Purpurinidae Zittel 1895
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G. †Angularia Koken 1892
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Subg. †Angularia (Aristerostrophia) Broili 1907
†Angularia loxonemoides Kittl 1894
†Angularia rectecostata Nützel and Erwin 2004
†Angularia subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
G. †Cimoliocentrum Cossmann 1909
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†Cimoliocentrum cureti Cossmann 1899
Invalid names: Centrogonia Cossmann 1899 [replaced]
G. †Leviathania Golovinova and Korotkov 1986
G. †Microschiza Gemmellaro 1876
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Subg. †Microschiza (Cloughtonia) Hudleston 1882
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†Microschiza (Cloughtonia) scalaris Conrad in Lynch 1852
†Microschiza arguta Böhm 1895
†Microschiza clathrata Deshayes 1855
†Microschiza semiornata Goldfuss 1844
G. †Moerckeia Böhm 1895
G. †Ochetochilus Cossmann 1899
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†Ochetochilus piceus Szabo 1983
†Ochetochilus subvaricosus Cossmann 1899
G. †Parangularia Kutassy 1937
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†Parangularia hungarica Kutassy 1933
G. †Protofusus Bonarelli 1921
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†Protofusus gracilis Haas 1953
†Protofusus peruvianus Haas 1953
G. †Pseudoscalites Kittl 1892
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†Pseudoscalites armatus Stoppani 1857
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Invalid names: Actaeonina esinensis Stoppani 1858 [synonym], Actaeonina fusoides Stoppani 1857 [synonym], Eulima decristoforis Stoppani 1857 [synonym]
†Pseudoscalites karapunari Dominici 2024
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
G. †Purpuroidea Lycett 1848
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†Purpuroidea acatlana Alencaster and Buitron 1965
†Purpuroidea applanata Kittl 1894
†Purpuroidea praecursor Fischer et al. 2002
†Purpuroidea rugosa Böhm 1895
G. †Tretospira Koken 1892
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†Tretospira angulata Deshayes 1855
†Tretospira carinata Deshayes 1855
†Tretospira fasciata Kittl 1892
†Tretospira funiculata Reed 1944
†Tretospira indica Reed 1944
†Tretospira multistriata Wohrmann 1892
†Tretospira obtusa Deshayes 1855
G. †Werfenella Nützel 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 259.90000 to 109.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.17 Ma

Collections (213 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Tretospira funiculata (126941) Tretospira indica (125962 126939)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Tretospira indica (127000)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Bosnia and Herzegovina Turbo rectecostatus (206608)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Hungary (Bakony) Turbo rectecostatus (203240)
Early/Lower Triassic - Anisian252.17 - 242.0Italy (Lombardy) Turbo rectecostatus (231734)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy (Trentino) Werfenella rectecostata (197819)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Hungary Turbo rectecostatus (61372 139955 139958 139965) Werfenella rectecostata (177429)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Austria (Oberösterreich) Werfenella rectecostata (57073)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Italy (Trentino) Werfenella rectecostata (197879)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Italy Turbo rectecostatus (115787 115791) Werfenella rectecostata (57072 57074 116049 165162 165164 165165 165166 165167 165168)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Croatia (Split-Dalmatia) Turbo rectecostatus (211741)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Bosnia and Herzegovina Turbo rectecostatus (211748 211897 212715 212722)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2Croatia Turbo rectecostatus (212706 212707 212710 212711)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Tretospira costata (66084)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Pseudoscalites n. sp. A (31617)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Coronaria rugosa, Microschiza arguta, Coronaria subcerithiformis (138255) Coronaria subcerithiformis (138256) Tretospira multistriata (201999 202000 202001 202028 202029 202030 202032 202038 202039)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy Pseudoscalites karapunari (236003 236005)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Purpuroidea raiblensis, Tretospira multistriata (205157) Tretospira multistriata (205147)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Purpurina subpleurotomaria, Purpuroidea cerithiformis (164191)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria (Steiermark) Purpuroidea excelsior, Purpurinidae indet. (85239)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Purpuroidea cerithiformis (70883)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Purpurina pleurotomaria (203197) Purpuroidea applanata (203199)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Tretospira multistriata (57096)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Angularia pleurotomaria, Angularia sp. A, Angularia subpleurotomaria (69659) Angularia pleurotomaria, Angularia subpleurotomaria (34692 69661 69669) Angularia subpleurotomaria (69656 69668 69672) Pleurotomaria plicatonodosa (145649) Pseudoscalites elegantissimus (144927) Purpurina pleurotomaria, Pseudoscalites elegantissimus (144634) Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpurina vaceki, Purpurina subpleurotomaria, Ptychostoma fasciatum, Purpuroidea crassenodosa, Purpuroidea cerithiformis, Purpurina loxonemoides (144631) Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpuroidea crassenodosa (144632) Purpurina sp. (50956 50959) Purpuroidea applanata (144633) Turbo pleurotomarius, Turbo subpleurotomarius, Pleurotomaria concava, Turbo scalaris (137429)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Hungary Parangularia hungarica (23870)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran Purpuroidea dilophosignata (98644)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran (Isfahan) Purpuroidea dilophosignata (138967)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary Parangularia hungarica (73265) Purpurina minima, Purpurina plicata, Purpuroidea ferenczii (73270) Purpuroidea excelsior (70989) Purpuroidea excelsior, Purpuroidea ferenczii (70988 70990) Purpuroidea excelsior, Purpuroidea ferenczii, Purpuroidea turriculata, Parangularia hungarica (73279)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Oregon) Purpuroidea sp. (100506)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Peru Protofusus delicatulus (68129)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Hungary Purpuroidea baconica (203623)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Purpurina gravinaensis (100531 112242) Purpurina sp. (100529 112243)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Maluku) Purpurina subcerithiformis (204327 204489)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0China (Yunnan) Angularia loxonemoides (165407) Angularia loxonemoides, Purpurina weishanensis (165405)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) Angularia sp., Tretospira sp., Pseudoscalites elegantissimus, Angularia rectecostata (38377)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Angularia sp. (37984)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Gmunden) Microschiza rhaetica, Purpuroidea moosleitneri (234040)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Vienna) Microschiza rhaetica, Purpuroidea moosleitneri (233865)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Protofusus peruvianus (68148) Protofusus peruvianus, Protofusus gracilis, Protofusus delicatulus, Protofusus pyramidalis, Protofusus transitorius (68116) Protofusus pyramidali, Pseudoscalites sp. (68096) Protofusus sp., Protofusus peruvianus, Protofusus gracilis, Protofusus delicatulus, Protofusus pyramidalis, Protofusus transitorius (68119)
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13862)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Hungary Tretospira carinata (125465)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Luxembourg Microschiza clathrata, Tretospira carinata, Tretospira angulata, Tretospira obtusa (149756)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Microschiza semiornata (90443)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Littorina clathrata, Ampullaria carinata, Ampullaria angulata, Ampullaria obtusa (53947)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France Tretospira carinata, Tretospira angulata (39215)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France Tretospira angulata (39379) Tretospira carinata (39387)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Purpuroidea praecursor (80016)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile Microschiza sp. (58434)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Purpurina liassica (159446)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Purpurina ornatissima (204116)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Kenya Purpuroidea supraliasica (36455)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Italy Purpurina elaborata (91410)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5Jordan Purpuroidea perstriata (35357)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom Pseudalaria etheridgii (171005)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Germany Purpurina sowerbyi (150924 150925)
Subfurcatum - Garantiana171.6 - 167.7Hungary Ochetochilus piceus (151886)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian171.6 - 155.7Romania (Brasov) Purpuroidea lycettea (81442)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Purpurina sp. (48031 48032)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Jordan Purpuroidea minax, Purpuroidea perstriata (35355) Purpuroidea perstriata (35323 35356 35377 35378 35703)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Centrogonia cureti (178107)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Purpurina sp. (48307) Purpuroidea indet. (48340)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Jordan Purpuroidea perstriata (35670 35671 35672 35674 35675)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Purpuroidea glabra (93477 93481 93490 93492 93532)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany Purpurina condensata (58228)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia Tretospira subnodosa (13863)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan Purpuroidea minax, Purpuroidea perstriata (35700) Purpuroidea perstriata (35665 35667 35699 35701)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13903 13904) Tretospira subnodosa (13789 13864 13871 13898 13899 13900 13901 13902)
Callovian - Middle Oxfordian166.1 - 155.7Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13792)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1Tunisia Purpuroidea sp., Tretospira subnodosa (99126)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Cloughtonia pyramidalis (98185)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Purpurina sp. (61816 63062)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas, Tretospira subnodosa (13794)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Purpurina coronata, Purpurina formosa (63064)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Sweden Purpurina coronata (228427)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Israel Purpuroidea perstriata (99129)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13588 13607 13614 13659 13660 13666 13667) Purpuroidea gigas, Tretospira subnodosa (13677) Tretospira subnodosa (13608 13611 13668)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Tunisia Tretospira subnodosa (13518)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Ochetochilus sp. (1568)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Purpuroidea indet. (45818)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Cloughtonia sp. (66972)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Purpuroidea indet. (4854)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Normandy) Purpuroidea indet. (4852 4853)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Ochetochilus sp. (4087)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Purpuroidea indet. (4920) Purpuroidea moreana, Purpuroidea nodulata (11085)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Mexico (Chiapas) Purpuroidea acatlana (98672)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) Ochetochilus sp. (1571)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Tanzania Purpuroidea gigas (36345)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland Purpurina sp. (1215)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Leviathania leviathan (65669 65671 65673 65677 65679 65680)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary Microschiza inflata (25151)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Spain (Castellon) Leviathania eixarchi (3726)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Leviathania leviathan (65729) Purpurina falloti (73316) Purpuroidea sp. (65854 65857)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Albania Microschiza heybroecki (67437)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan Purpuroidea sp. (91302 91306)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) Microschiza scalaris (1890)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Microschiza sp. (64795)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico (Jalisco) Microschiza scalaris (115254 115255)