Purpura (gastropod)
| Purpura | |
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| Purpura bufo and 2 shells of Purpura persica (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: |
Purpura Bruguière, 1789 |
| Synonyms | |
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Purpura Martini, 1777 |
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Purpura Martini, 1777
Purpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species within the genus Purpura include:
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