Purpura | |
---|---|
Purpura bufo and 2 shells of Purpura persica (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: |
Purpura Bruguière, 1789 |
Synonyms | |
Purpura Martini, 1777 |
Purpura Martini, 1777
Purpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species within the genus Purpura include: