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Pteropurpura centrifuga

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Species of gastropod

Pteropurpura centrifuga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pteropurpura
Species: P. centrifuga
Binomial name
Pteropurpura centrifuga
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms

Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844
Murex speciosus A. Adams, 1855
Pterynotus swansoni Hertlein & Strong, 1951

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

Description

This species attains a size of 80 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2023)

Distribution

Dredged at 40 meters depth: Gulf of California, Mexico.

References

  1. ^ Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Pteropurpura centrifuga


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