Purpurellus gambiensis

Purpurellus gambiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Purpurellus
Species:	P. gambiensis
Binomial name
	Purpurellus gambiensis; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Murex gambiensis Reeve, 1845; Murex osseus Reeve, L.A., 1845; Pterynotus gambiensis Reeve;

Purpurellus gambiensis, common name : the Gambia Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 75 mm.

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal, Guinea and Angola.

Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 142

"Pterynotus (Purpurellus) gambiensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

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