Pteropurpura macroptera

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

Pteropurpura macroptera
Pteropurpura macroptera shell (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pteropurpura
Species:	P. macroptera
Binomial name
Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)
Synonyms
Murex macropterus Deshayes, 1839 Murex erinaceoides Valenciennes, 1832 (original combination) Murex petri Dall, 1900 Murex tremperi Dall, 1910 Muricidea erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832) Pteronotus carpenteri Dall, 1899 Pteronotus carpenteri var. alba Berry, 1908 Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)· accepted, alternate representation

Description

Shell size 40 mm.

Distribution

30-40 m. depth, on muddy bottom: California, West coast of North America.

References

• Tuskes P. & Tuskes A. (2016). Native Pteropurpura of the eastern Pacific (Muricidae). The Festivus. 48(4): 211-220

External links

• Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of Scalaria and Murex, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 124-129