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Purpura (Tritonalia)

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)114340https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=114340
Ranksubgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Purpura : Purpura (Tritonalia)
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPurpuraBruguière 1789
subgenusPurpura (Tritonalia)(Fleming 1828)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Purpura (Tritonalia)genusbelongs to Muricidaestated with evidenceGardner, 1948
Purpura (Tritonalia)genusbelongs to Neogastropodasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Purpura (Tritonalia)subgenusbelongs to Purpurastated with evidenceHarzhauser, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
Extant Size (PBDB)5 (71%)
First Recorded Appearance113 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Muricidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Muricidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger. 2003. Computer-based mollusc stratigraphy - a case study from the Eggenburgian (Lower Miocene) type region (NE Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197:263-291

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Purpura (Tritonalia) vindobonensis
species
listed (PBDB)323.0 Ma
Miocene
13.7 Ma
Miocene
Tritonalia interfossa
species
listed (PBDB)143.60 Ma
Pliocene
0 Ma
Extant
Tritonalia lurida
species
listed (PBDB)83.60 Ma
Pliocene
0 Ma
Extant
Tritonalia quilonica
species
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
123.0 Ma
Miocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene
Tritonalia suborbiculata
species
listed (PBDB)0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1828Tritonalia Fleming
1948Tritonalia Gardner p. 219
2002Purpura (Tritonalia) Harzhauser p. 97
2002Tritonalia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003Purpura (Tritonalia) Mandic and Steininger p. 274

References

Mandic O., Steininger F. F. (2003) Computer-based mollusc stratigraphy - a case study from the Eggenburgian (Lower Miocene) type region (NE Austria), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197, 263-291
Gardner J. A. (1948) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 B, 179-310
Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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