Pteropurpura deroyana

Pteropurpura deroyana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Pteropurpura deroyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Pteropurpura
Subgenus:
Pteropurpura
Species:
P. deroyana
Binomial name
Pteropurpura deroyana
Berry, 1968

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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