World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WoRMS taxon details

Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903

AphiaID

395251 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:395251)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Purpura columellaris Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816) (type by typification of replaced name)

Parent

Rapaninae Gray, 1853

Synonymised names

Microtoma Swainson, 1840 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Microtoma Laporte, 1832 [Hemiptera]

Patellipurpura Dall, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)

Purpurella Dall, 1872 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Purpurella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1853 [Diptera]; Plicopurpura is a replacement name

Direct children (4)

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Species Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Plicopurpura eudeli (G. B. Sowerby III, 1903)
Species Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Plicopurpura pansa (A. Gould, 1853) accepted as Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395251 on 2025-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-05-24 14:05:01Z

created

Houart, Roland

2009-06-02 01:33:16Z

changed

Houart, Roland

2012-12-28 02:00:29Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Microtoma Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450 [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source 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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013]. [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

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