Purpurellus pinniger
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| Purpurellus pinniger | |
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| 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 | |
| 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] | |
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Centrifuga inezana Durham, 1950 | |
Purpurellus pinniger[1] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.