| Personopsis purpurata | |
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| Shell of Personopsis purpurata( holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Personidae |
| Genus: | Personopsis |
| Species: | P. purpurata |
| Binomial name | |
| Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998 [1] | |
Personopsis purpurata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Personidae. [2]
The length of the shell attains 15.6 mm. It has a broad, biconic shape with a moderately tall spire, a wide last whorl, a somewhat contracted base, and a short anterior canal. The shell is mostly translucent white, with prominent brownish-purple coloration at the anterior siphonal canal and a less noticeable area in the mid-columellar excavation. The outer layer (periostracum) is thin, pale yellow or olive, and covered with long, thick bristles over the ridges and shorter, thinner bristles in the spaces between. [3]
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
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Distorsio parvimpedita is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Personidae, the Distortio snails.
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Personopsis trigonaperta is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Personidae.
Personopsis is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Personidae.
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Azorilla lottae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
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