Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Rank Genus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Species H. polymorpha | |
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Similar Aporrhais, Fusinus, Muricidae, Nassarius | ||
Heteropurpura is an extinct genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
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Fossil records
The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy and Spain.
Description
Shells of Heteropurpura species can reach a size of about 35 millimetres (1.4 in).
Species
References
Heteropurpura Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA