Pteropurpura erinaceoides

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

Pteropurpura erinaceoides
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. erinaceoides
Binomial name
Pteropurpura erinaceoides
(Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

Murex californicus Hinds, 1884
Murex erinaceoides Valenciennes, 1832
Muricidea erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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