Pteropurpura macroptera
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| Pteropurpura macroptera | |
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| Pteropurpura macroptera shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Pteropurpura |
| Species: | P. macroptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pteropurpura macroptera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Shell size 40-50 mm.
