Pteropurpura macroptera
Appearance
Pteropurpura macroptera | |
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Pteropurpura macroptera shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Pteropurpura |
Species: | P. macroptera
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Binomial name | |
Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Pteropurpura macroptera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]Shell size 40 mm.
Distribution
[edit]30-40 m. depth, on muddy bottom: California, West coast of North America.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Tuskes P. & Tuskes A. (2016). Native Pteropurpura of the eastern Pacific (Muricidae). The Festivus. 48(4): 211-220
External links
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