Personopsis purpurata

Personopsis purpurata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distorsio snails.[2]

Personopsis purpurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Tonnoidea
Family:
Personidae
Genus:
Personopsis
Species:
P. purpurata
Binomial name
Personopsis purpurata
Beu, 1998[1]

Description

Distribution
gollark: Iceland did some testing I think a month back and found that 50% or so of cases were asymptomatic.
gollark: Unlikely.
gollark: It's not like you're going to be very close together.
gollark: I'm not sure closing parks made much sense in the first place.
gollark: Do we actually have sufficient information or ability to do that?

References
  1. Beu (1998). Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 178 : 1-255. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 August 2010.
  2. Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998. WoRMS (2010). Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456843 on 14 August 2010 .


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