Purpurellus pinniger
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| Gastropod shell of Purpurellus pinniger with operculum, 45.6 mm in length, found at low tide in gravely sand and rocky rubble near boulders, Gobernadora Island, Panama. | |
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| Species: | P. pinniger
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| Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833)
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Centrifuga inezana Durham, 1950 | |
Purpurellus pinniger[1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description
[edit]The shell is bright white and glossy with irregular bands of brown. There are three strong varices bearing an irregular fluted or wavy edge, and a sharply incurved spine on the varix of later whorls. The early whorls can appear translucent and show a brownish blue color beneath. The varix on the outer lip ends well above the siphonal canal, which is curved, and ends in a wavy flattened edge similar to the varices in shape. The aperture is subovate and the operculum is dark brown. Length 50 mm, width 25 mm.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This species is found subtidally along the coast of Central America from San Marcos Island and Guaymas to Ecuador in water as deep as 82 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Sea Shells of Tropical West America, Second Edition, by A. Myra Keen, Stanford University Press, p. 526
- ^ Sea Shells of Tropical West America, Second Edition, by A. Myra Keen, Stanford University Press, p. 526
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp., at p. 142.
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