Biology:Pteropurpura plorator

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Pteropurpura plorator
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P. plorator
Binomial name
Pteropurpura plorator
(Adams & Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex expansus G.B. Sowerby II, 1860
  • Murex plorator Adams & Reeve, 1845
  • Pteronotus brachypteron A. Adams, 1863
  • Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) expansa (G.B. Sowerby II, 1860)

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

Description

Distribution

References

  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
  • Houart R. (2011) Ocenebra, Pteropurpura, and Ocinebrellus (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ocenebrinae) in the northwestern Pacific. American Conchologist 39(4): 12–22.

Wikidata ☰ Q7256898 entry