Pteropurpura erinaceoides

Pteropurpura erinaceoides
Shell of Pteropurpura erinaceoides (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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 californicusHinds, 1884 Murex erinaceoidesValenciennes, 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]

References

1. 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

External links

• Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of Scalaria and Murex, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 124-129