Pteropurpura falcata

Pteropurpura falcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Pteropurpura
Subgenus: Ocinebrellus
Species: P. falcata
Binomial name
Pteropurpura falcata
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)
Synonyms[1]

Murex adunca Sowerby, 1834
Murex caliginosus Reeve, 1845
Murex eurypteron Reeve, 1845
Murex falcatus Sowerby, 1834
Phyllonotus coronatus A. Adams, 1863
Phyllonotus unifasciatus A. Adams, 1863

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

References

  1. 1 2 Pteropurpura falcata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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