Pteropurpura
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Pteropurpura is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Muricidae
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Muricidae
Muricidae
Muricidae, common name murex snails or rock snails, is a large and varied taxonomic family of small to large predatory sea snails. With approximately 1,600 living species the Muricidae represent almost 10% of the Neogastropoda. Additionally, 1,200 fossil species have been recognised...
, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Pteropurpura include:- Pteropurpura leeanaPteropurpura leeanaPteropurpura leeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1890) - Pteropurpura falcataPteropurpura falcataPteropurpura falcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1834) - Pteropurpura inornatusPteropurpura inornatusPteropurpura inornatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Récluz, 1851) - Pteropurpura debruiniPteropurpura debruiniPteropurpura debruini is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Lorenz, 1989) - Pteropurpura graagaePteropurpura graagaePteropurpura graagae, common name the stag shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Coen, 1943) - Pteropurpura multicornisPteropurpura multicornisPteropurpura multicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Houart, 1991 - Pteropurpura quinquelobataPteropurpura quinquelobataPteropurpura quinquelobata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Sowerby, 1879) - Pteropurpura transkeianaPteropurpura transkeianaPteropurpura transkeiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Houart, 1991 - Pteropurpura uncinariaPteropurpura uncinariaPteropurpura uncinaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Pteropurpura benderskyiPteropurpura benderskyiPteropurpura benderskyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979 - Pteropurpura bequaertiPteropurpura bequaertiPteropurpura bequaerti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Clench & Farfante, 1945 - Pteropurpura centrifugaPteropurpura centrifugaPteropurpura centrifuga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Hinds, 1844) - Pteropurpura dearmataPteropurpura dearmataPteropurpura dearmata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Odhner, 1922) - Pteropurpura deroyanaPteropurpura deroyanaPteropurpura deroyana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Berry, 1968 - Pteropurpura erinaceoidesPteropurpura erinaceoidesPteropurpura erinaceoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Valenciennes, 1832) - Pteropurpura esychaPteropurpura esychaPteropurpura esycha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Dall, 1925) - Pteropurpura expansaPteropurpura expansaPteropurpura expansa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Sowerby, 1860) - Pteropurpura fairianaPteropurpura fairianaPteropurpura fairiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Houart, 1979) - Pteropurpura festivaPteropurpura festivaThe Festive Murex, Pteropurpura festiva, is a species of predatory snail in the family Muricidae. Native to the Eastern Pacific, they grow to 34-67 mm in length....
(Hinds, 1844) - Pteropurpura macropteraPteropurpura macropteraPteropurpura macroptera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Deshayes, 1839) - Pteropurpura modestaPteropurpura modestaPteropurpura modesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Fulton, 1936) - Pteropurpura ploratorPteropurpura ploratorPteropurpura plorator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(Adams & Reeve, 1845) - Pteropurpura sanctaehelenaePteropurpura sanctaehelenaePteropurpura sanctaehelenae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(E.A. Smith, 1891) - Pteropurpura stimpsoniPteropurpura stimpsoniPteropurpura stimpsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
(A. Adams, 1863) - Pteropurpura trialataPteropurpura trialataPteropurpura trialata is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails....
(Sowerby, 1834) - Pteropurpura vokesaePteropurpura vokesaePteropurpura vokesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails....
Emerson, 1964