NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: No review; untreated NODC data

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Genus - Purpura
  Family - Muricidae
  Order - Neogastropoda
  Subclass - Prosobranchia
  Class - Gastropoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia