Pteropurpura macroptera

Pteropurpura macroptera
Pteropurpura macroptera shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pteropurpura
Species:	P. macroptera
Binomial name
Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)
Synonyms [1]
Murex macropterusDeshayes, 1839 Murex erinaceoidesValenciennes, 1832 (original combination) Murex petriDall, 1900 Murex tremperiDall, 1910 Muricidea erinaceoides(Valenciennes, 1832) Pteronotus carpenteriDall, 1899 Pteronotus carpenteri var. albaBerry, 1908 Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) erinaceoides(Valenciennes, 1832)· accepted, alternate representation

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

Description

Shell size 40-50 mm.

Distribution

30-40 m. depth, on muddy bottom: California, West coast of North America.

References

1. Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839) . 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