Pteropurpura erinaceoides

Pteropurpura erinaceoides
Shell of Pteropurpura erinaceoides (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pteropurpura
Species:
P. erinaceoides
Binomial name
Pteropurpura erinaceoides
(Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex californicus Hinds, 1884
  • Murex erinaceoides Valenciennes, 1832
  • Muricidea erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)
  • Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)· accepted, alternate representation

Pteropurpura erinaceoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Tuskes P. & Tuskes A. (2016). Native Pteropurpura of the eastern Pacific (Muricidae). The Festivus. 48(4): 211-220


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