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Purpura Röding, 1798

Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) A-D: Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 30.03.and 23.12.2009), actual size 56 mm, 10 mm and 7.8 mm. E: dail of protoconch of specimen D.
Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
A-D: Specimens from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 10-15 m, 30.03.and 23.12.2009), actual size 56 mm, 10 mm and 7.8 mm. E: dail of protoconch of specimen D.

396957 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:396957)

 unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Purpura Bruguière, 1789)
Genus
Murex trunculus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Hexaplex trunculus (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Purpura alba Risso, 1826 accepted as Euthria cornea (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  2. Species Purpura bizonalis Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  3. Species Purpura celtica Locard, 1886 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Species Purpura gravesii Broderip, 1836 accepted as Babelomurex cariniferus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Purpura lamarchii Risso, 1826 accepted as Mitrella scripta (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
  6. Species Purpura lapillina Locard, 1886 accepted as Nucella lapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
  7. Species Purpura picta Scacchi, 1836 accepted as Aplus scacchianus (R. A. Philippi, 1844) (invalid: junior homonym of Purpura picta Turton, 1825; Buccinum scacchianum is a replacement name)
  8. Species Purpura siger Adanson, 1757 accepted as Columbella adansoni Menke, 1853 (pre-Linnean)
  9. Species Purpura variegata Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829 accepted as Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
  10. Species Purpura variegata Risso, 1826 accepted as Pisania striata (Gmelin, 1791) (invalid: junior homonym of Purpura variegata Röding, 1798)
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Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Purpura Röding, 1798. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396957 on 2026-07-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Purpura Röding, 1798. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=396957 on 2026-07-06
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2009-05-31 12:54:23Z
created
Houart, Roland
2012-03-03 07:25:30Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2016-10-09 17:22:37Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2021-06-12 14:58:32Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details] 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Purpura) 
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Unreviewed