Purpurcapsula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.
Species
Species within the genus Purpurcapsula include:
- Purpurcapsula bayeri <small>(Fehse, 1998)</small>
- Purpurcapsula corinneae <small>(Shaw, 1909)</small>
- Purpurcapsula erythrostigma <small>Fehse, 2017</small>
- Purpurcapsula exigua <small>(Gray, 1831)</small>
- Purpurcapsula incisura <small>Fehse, 2017</small>
- Purpurcapsula laurae <small>Fehse, 2015</small>
- Purpurcapsula polynesiae <small>(C. N. Cate, 1979)</small>
- Purpurcapsula pulcherrima <small>Fehse, 2017</small>
- Purpurcapsula rubramaculosa <small>(Fehse & Grego, 2002)</small>
- Purpurcapsula zzyzyxia <small>(Cate, 1979)</small>
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): 18âÂÂ79, pls. 1âÂÂ13.
- Fehse D., 2015. Contributions to the knowledge of Triviidae, 29-F. New Triviidae from the Marquesas. Visaya 5: 113âÂÂ130, sér. Suppl