Pteropurpura

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Pteropurpura Rank Genus

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)

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