Pteropurpura vokesae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Pteropurpura |
Species: | P. vokesae |
Binomial name | |
Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Murex rhyssusDall, 1919 |
Pteropurpura vokesae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]
This frilly, operculated, yellow-brown species attains 50 mm. in size.
Eastern Pacific Ocean: West coast of North America, off California.