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Purpurellus gambiensis

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
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Scientific name
  
Purpurellus gambiensis

Phylum
  
Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

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Species

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Pterynotus elongatus, Timbellus bednalli, Timbellus miyokoae, Pteropurpura trialata, Pterynotus

Purpurellus gambiensis, common name : the Gambia Murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal, Guinea and Angola.

References

Purpurellus gambiensis Wikipedia


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