Purpurcapsula
Purpurcapsula bayeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Purpurcapsula
Fehse & Grego, 2009
Type species
Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin, 1791

Purpurcapsula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Purpurcapsula include:

  • Purpurcapsula bayeri (Fehse, 1998)
  • Purpurcapsula corinneae (Shaw, 1909)
  • Purpurcapsula erythrostigma Fehse, 2017
  • Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831)[2]
  • Purpurcapsula incisura Fehse, 2017
  • Purpurcapsula laurae Fehse, 2015
  • Purpurcapsula polynesiae (C. N. Cate, 1979)
  • Purpurcapsula pulcherrima Fehse, 2017
  • Purpurcapsula rubramaculosa (Fehse & Grego, 2002)
  • Purpurcapsula zzyzyxia (Cate, 1979)

References

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  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Purpurcapsula Fehse & Grego, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555478 on 2022-03-10
  2. ↑ Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831). WoRMS (2009). Purpurcapsula exigua (Gray, 1831). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Speciesathttp://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555480 on 17 December 2010 .
  • Fehse D. & Grego J. (2009) Contributions to the knowledge of the Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). X. The Triviidae from the Red Sea with a description of a new genus Purpurcapsula and a new species in the genus Trivirostra Jousseaume, 1884. Visaya 2(5): 18–79, pls. 1–13.
  • Fehse D. , 2015. Contributions to the knowledge of Triviidae, 29-F. New Triviidae from the Marquesas. Visaya 5: 113–130, sér. Suppl


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