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Pteropurpura

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Ocenebrinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Muricidae

Scientific name
  
Pteropurpura

Rank
  
Genus

Pteropurpura

Similar
  
Pterynotus, Dermomurex, Chicomurex, Ergalatax, Favartia

Pteropurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Pteropurpura include:

  • Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979
  • Pteropurpura incurvispina Kilburn, 1970
    • Subgenus Pteropurpura (Calcitrapessa) Berry, 1959
  • Pteropurpura leeana (Dall, 1890)
    • Subgenus Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Pteropurpura falcata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
    • Subgenus Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Pteropurpura debruini (Lorenz, 1989)
  • Pteropurpura graagae (Coen, 1943)
  • Pteropurpura multicornis Houart, 1991
  • Pteropurpura quinquelobata (Sowerby, 1879)
  • Pteropurpura transkeiana Houart, 1991
  • Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979
    • Subgenus Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)
  • Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922)
  • Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968
  • Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)
  • Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925)
  • Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979)
  • Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
  • Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)
  • Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936)
  • Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845)
  • Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891)
  • Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863)
  • Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834)
  • Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Pteropurpura expansa (Sowerby, 1860): synonym of Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) plorator (A. Adams & Reeve, 1845)
  • Pteropurpura inornata (Récluz, 1851): synonym of Ocenebra inornata (Récluz, 1851)
  • Subgenus Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma): synonym of Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846
  • Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertilio Kuroda in Kira, 1959: synonym of Timbellus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)

    • References

    Pteropurpura Wikipedia
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