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Pteropurpura macroptera

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Species of gastropod

Pteropurpura macroptera
Pteropurpura macroptera shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pteropurpura
Species: P. macroptera
Binomial name
Pteropurpura macroptera
(Deshayes, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Murex macropterus Deshayes, 1839
  • Murex erinaceoides Valenciennes, 1832 (original combination)
  • Murex petri Dall, 1900
  • Murex tremperi Dall, 1910
  • Muricidea erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)
  • Pteronotus carpenteri Dall, 1899
  • Pteronotus carpenteri var. alba Berry, 1908
  • Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)· accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

Shell size 40 mm.

Distribution

30-40 m. depth, on muddy bottom: California, West coast of North America.

References

  1. ^ 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

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Taxon identifiers
Pteropurpura macroptera


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