Pteropurpura falcata

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

Pteropurpura falcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Pteropurpura
Subgenus:
Ocinebrellus
Species:
P. falcata
Binomial name
Pteropurpura falcata
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Murex adunca Sowerby, 1834
Murex caliginosus Reeve, 1845
Murex eurypteron Reeve, 1845
Murex falcatus Sowerby, 1834
Phyllonotus coronatus A. Adams, 1863
Phyllonotus unifasciatus A. Adams, 1863

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Pteropurpura falcata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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