Purpurcapsula Explained

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)
• 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

• 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

Notes and 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