Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Rapaninae > Genus Stramonita

Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Buccinum Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stramonita*	Schumacher, 1817	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Murex consul*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Purpura barcinonensis*	Hidalgo, 1867	synonym
*Purpura gigantea*	Calcara, 1840	synonym
*Purpura haemastoma*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Purpura haemastoma var. bifasciata*	Kiener, 1835	synonym
*Purpura haemastoma var. cornuta*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Purpura haemastoma var. gracilior*	Kobelt, 1887	synonym
*Purpura haemastoma var. minor*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym; nom. inval.
*Purpura haemastoma var. nodulosa*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1882	synonym
*Purpura oceanica*	Locard, 1886	synonym
*Purpura unifascialis*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym
*Stramonita haemastoma haemastoma*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Thais haemastoma*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli buzëkuq kokërrizor sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: Florida dog winkle; Florida rocksnail; red-mouthed rock shell; southern oyster drill sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: bouche de sang; Pourpre bouche de sang

German: Purpurschnecke; Rotmund-Leistenschnecke; Rotmund-Maulbeere sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Πορφύρα

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Claremont, M., Vermeij, G. J., Williams, S. T. & Reid, D. G. (2013). Global phylogeny and new classification of the Rapaninae (Gastropoda: Muricidae), dominant molluscan predators on tropical rocky seashores. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66: 91–102. [Published online 28 September 2012; Code-compliant paper version published January 2013].
additional source	Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.
additional source	Giacoletti, A.; Rinaldi, A.; Mercurio, M.; Mirto, S.; Sarà, G. (2016). Local consumers are the first line to control biological invasions: a case of study with the whelk Stramonita haemastoma (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Hydrobiologia. 772(1): 117-129.
taxonomy source	Claremont, M., Williams, S. T., Barraclough, T. G. & Reid, D. G. (2011). The geographic scale of speciation in a marine snail with high dispersal potential. Journal of Biogeography. 38, 1016-1032.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stramonita haemastoma (Linnaeus, 1767). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140417