Biology:Pteropurpura erinaceoides

Short description: Species of gastropod

Pteropurpura erinaceoides
Shell of Pteropurpura erinaceoides (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Pteropurpura
Species:	P. erinaceoides
Binomial name
Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)
Synonyms
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.

References

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7256890 entry