| Purpura panama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Purpura |
| Species: | P. panama |
| Binomial name | |
| Purpura panama (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thais panama Röding, 1798 | |
Purpura panama, common names Rudolph's purpura, salmon-lipped whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:
- East Coast of South Africa
- Mozambique
References
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Purpura panama (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208652 on 2019-01-06
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Purpura panama | |
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