Pteropurpura vokesae

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Pteropurpura vokesae
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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]

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Description

This frilly, operculated, yellow-brown species attains 50 mm. in size.

Distribution

Eastern Pacific Ocean: West coast of North America, off California.

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