| Cantharidus purpureus | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Cantharidus purpureus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Subfamily: | Monodontinae |
| Genus: | Cantharidus |
| Species: | C. purpureus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cantharidus purpureus |
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Cantharidus purpureus is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae.