Biology:Pteropurpura erinaceoides

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Pteropurpura erinaceoides
Pteropurpura erinaceoides (MNHN-IM-2000-94).jpeg
Shell of Pteropurpura erinaceoides (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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P. erinaceoides
Binomial name
Pteropurpura erinaceoides
(Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex californicus Hinds, 1884
  • Murex erinaceoides Valenciennes, 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]

Description

Distribution

References

  • Tuskes P. & Tuskes A. (2016). Native Pteropurpura of the eastern Pacific (Muricidae). The Festivus. 48(4): 211-220

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7256890 entry