Purpuraturris is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae.[1]
| Purpuraturris | |
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| Shell of Purpuraturris cryptorrhaphe (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Purpuraturris K. Chase, Watkins, Safavi-Hemami & B. M. Olivera, 2022 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma cryptorrhaphe G. B. Sowerby I, 1825
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| Species[1] | |
Species
edit- Purpuraturris cristata (Vera-Peláez, Vega-Luz & Lozano-Francisco, 2000)
- Purpuraturris cryptorraphe (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
- Purpuraturris nadensis (M. Azuma, 1973)
- Purpuraturris omnipurpurata (Vera-Peláez, Vega-Luz & Lozano-Francisco, 2000)
- Purpuraturris tanyspira (Kilburn, 1975)
- Purpuraturris undosa (Lamarck, 1816)
References
edit- ^ a b c "Purpuraturris". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
External links
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