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Taxon: Genus Purpura Bruguière, 1789 (mollusc)
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Authorship

Original name, rank & spelling Bruguière, 1792[1789]. Ency. Méth., Text, Vers 1 (1): xv ("Genre 41").

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: [Anonymous], (2012): 629 (Opinion 886).

Types

Type ofPurpuridae (Family) Children, 1823 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 148.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Purpura (Subgenus) Bruguière, 1789 Ref: V.G. Millard, 1997: 142. [inferred]
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