Purpurcapsula

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Purpurcapsula
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Purpurcapsula bayeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Triviidae
Genus: Purpurcapsula
Fehse & Grego, 2009
Type species
Cypraea fimbriataGmelin, 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:

References

  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 Speciesat http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=555480 on 17 December 2010 .