Purpurellus pinniger

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Purpurellus pinniger
Gastropod shell of Purpurellus pinniger with operculum, 45.6 mm in length, found at low tide in gravely sand and rocky rubble near boulders, Gobernadora Island, Panama.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Purpurellus
Species:
P. pinniger
Binomial name
Purpurellus pinniger
(Broderip, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Centrifuga inezana Durham, 1950
Murex cristatus Wood, 1828
Murex osseus Reeve, 1845
Murex pinniger Broderip, 1833

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

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