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| A shell of Plicopurpura patula | |
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| Species: | P. patula |
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Plicopurpura patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
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The widemouth rockshell or wide-mouthed purpura is a tropical Western Atlantic species. [2] [3] Its biogeographical distribution range extends along the Atlantic coast of America from Florida to Trinidade[ clarification needed ], and includes the Caribbean Sea. [4] [5] Individuals are found in the intertidal splash zones on hard rocky shorelines facing regular wave action. Sporadically, the species may occur in the NE Atlantic, where it was first recorded in 2012 in the Atlantic coast of North Spain. [6] However, currently there are no evidences that the widemouth rockshell forms stable populations in the NE Atlantic. [7]
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Stramonita rustica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Vokesimurex rubidus, common name : the rose murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Purpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Rapaninae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Hepatus epheliticus, known by various names, including the calico crab and Dolly Varden crab, is a species of crab. It lives in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Chesapeake Bay to the Dominican Republic. It has a 3-inch (76 mm)–wide carapace adorned with large red spots with darker outlines.
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