Purpura gigantea
creator: Houart, Roland
creator: Marshall, Bruce
creator: Auffenberg, Kurt
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Purpura gigantea Reeve, 1846
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Purpura gigantea Reeve, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396898 on 2026-08-29
created: 2009-05-30T19:57:00Z
is replaced by: 140417
modified: 2024-05-22T02:14:32Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Purpura gigantea Reeve, 1846
accepted name usage ID: 140417
class: Gastropoda
family: Muricidae
genus: Purpura
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Purpura. In: Conchologia iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, Vol. 3. L. Reeve & Co., London. Pls. 1-13 and unpaginated text [pls. 2, 3, Jul. 1846; 4-8, Aug. 1846; 9-12, Sept. 1846; 1, 13, Oct. 1846].
name published in year: 1846
order: Neogastropoda
parent name usage ID: 204939
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Reeve, 1846
specific epithet: gigantea
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: junior subjective synonym