Purpura bufo Toad Purpura, Toad Purple

Purpura bufo is commonly referred to as Toad Purpura, Toad Purple. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18422 

AphiaID:

208642 

Scientific:

Purpura bufo 

German:

Kröten Purpurschnecke 

English:

Toad Purpura, Toad Purple 

Category:

Escargots de mer 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Purpura (Genus) > bufo (Species) 

Initial determination:

Lamarck, 1822 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, India, Indonesia, Japan, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, South-Africa, Vietnam 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

2.36" - 3.15" (6cm - 8cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Barnacles, Carnivore, Clams, Predatory 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Purpura bufo
  Kröten Purpurschnecke
• Purpura panama
• Purpura persica

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-06-21 13:05:39 

Last edit:

2026-06-21 13:19:42 

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