Pteropurpura leeana

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

Pteropurpura leeana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Pteropurpura
Subgenus:
Calcitrapessa
Species:
P. leeana
Binomial name
Pteropurpura leeana
(Dall, 1890)
Synonyms[1]

Murex leeanus Dall, 1890

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Pteropurpura leeana (Dall, 1890). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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