Species Purpura francolinus Kiener, 1835(unaccepted, Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Nassa francolina (Bruguiere, 1789); Nassa tuamotuensis is a replacement name)
Species Purpura fusiformis Michelotti, 1847 †(unaccepted, invalid: junior homonym of Purpura fusiformis Blainville, 1832; Purpura subfusiformis is a replacement name)
Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 page(s): xv [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Purpura Bruguière, 1789. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204939 on 2024-05-01
original descriptionBruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006 page(s): xv [details]
taxonomy sourceClaremont, 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 [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality