Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Raphitomidae > Genus Raphitoma

Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Raphitoma*	Bellardi, 1847	accepted genus name
*Cordieria*	Monterosato, 1884	later homonym
*Homotoma*	Bellardi, 1875	later homonym
*Cenodagreutes*	E. H. Smith, 1967	synonym
*Cordieria*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Homotoma*	Bellardi, 1875	synonym
*Leufroyia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Peratotoma*	Harris & Burrows, 1891	synonym
*Philbertia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Raphitoma (Cyrtoides)*	Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Raphitoma (Leufroyia)*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Raphitoma (Raphitoma)*	Bellardi, 1848	synonym

Species group names

*Murex purpureus*	Montagu, 1803	basionym
*Clathurella bourguignati*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Clathurella purpurea*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Defrancia purpurea*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Defrancia purpurea var. oblonga*	Jeffreys, 1867	synonym
*Murex purpureus*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Philbertia purpurea*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Pleurotoma fallax*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Raphitoma (Cyrtoides) rudis intermedia*	Nordsieck, 1968	synonym
*Raphitoma lineolata fuscata*	Nordsieck, 1977	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Raphitoma purpurea (Montagu, 1803). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139379