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Purpurella Dall, 1872 
AphiaID: 395253

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Rapaninae (Subfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Purpurella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853 [Diptera]; Plicopurpura is a replacement name)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Purpura columellaris Lamarck, 1816 (type by original designation)
Parent Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Source  source of synonymy: 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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.014 [details]

Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395253
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Date   action   by
2009-05-24 14:05:01Z  created  Houart, Roland
2012-12-28 02:00:29Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Houart, R. (2013). Purpurella Dall, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395253 on 2013-06-19
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