Purpura panama, common names Rudolph's purpura, salmon-lipped whelk, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1][2]

Purpura panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Purpura
Species:
P. panama
Binomial name
Purpura panama
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]

Thais panama Röding, 1798

Distribution

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This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • East Coast of South Africa
  • Mozambique

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Purpura panama (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208652 on 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.