Gracilipurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fusininae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Gracilipurpura
Shell of Gracilipurpura rostrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Gracilipurpura
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Fusus strigosus Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms
  • Carinofusus Ceulemans, Landau & Van Dingenen, 2014
  • Fusus (Pseudofusus) Monterosato, 1884
  • Pseudofusus Monterosato, 1884

Species

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Species within the genus Gracilipurpura include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gracilipurpura Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446051 on 2020-12-05
  • Ceulemans L., Landau B.M. & Van Dingenen F. (2014). Carinofusus gen. nov. from the Mio-Pliocene transition of western France. Vita Malacologica. 12: 23–30.
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