1969
Leptaena purpurea sp. nov. — Cocks, pp. 313, fig. pl. 12: 1-6
1982
Leptaena purpurea Cocks, 1968 — Cocks et Baarli, fig. pl.1: 10-15
1995
Leptaena purpurea Cocks, 1968 — Baarli, pp. 39, fig. pl. 12: 15
2004
„Leptaena“ sp. — Rõõmusoks, fig. pl. 33: 15
2007
Leptaena belorussica sp. nov. — Modzalevskaya et Pushkin, pp. 12, fig. 4: 11-14
2011
Leptaena (Leptaena) purpurea Cocks, 1968 — Rubel, pp. 20, fig. pl. 3: 1-9; pl. 4: 14-15