Pteropurpura deroyana

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Pteropurpura deroyana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pteropurpura
Species:
P. deroyana
Binomial name
Pteropurpura deroyana
Berry, 1968

Pteropurpura deroyana 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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