Pteropurpura macroptera

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

Pteropurpura macroptera
Pteropurpura macroptera shell
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. macroptera
Binomial name
Pteropurpura macroptera
(Deshayes, 1839)
Synonyms[1]

Murex macropterus Deshayes, 1839
Murex petri Dall, 1900
Murex tremperi Dall, 1910
Pteronotus carpenteri Dall, 1899
Pteronotus carpenteri var. alba Berry, 1908

Description

Distribution
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References
  1. Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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