Pteropurpura

Pteropurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Pteropurpura
Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Ocenebrinae
Genus:	Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
Synonyms
Centrifuga Grant & Gale, 1931

Species

Species within the genus Pteropurpura include:

• Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979
• Pteropurpura incurvispina Kilburn, 1970

Subgenus Pteropurpura (Calcitrapessa) Berry, 1959

• Pteropurpura leeana (Dall, 1890)[2]

Subgenus Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) Jousseaume, 1880

• Pteropurpura falcata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834)[3]

Subgenus Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880

• Pteropurpura debruini (Lorenz, 1989)[4]
• Pteropurpura graagae (Coen, 1943)[5]
• Pteropurpura multicornis Houart, 1991[6]
• Pteropurpura quinquelobata (Sowerby, 1879)[7]
• Pteropurpura transkeiana Houart, 1991[8]
• Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822)[9]
• Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979[10]

Subgenus Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) Jousseaume, 1880

• Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945[11]
• Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)[12]
• Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922)[13]
• Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968[14]
• Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)[15]
• Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925)[16]
• Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979)[17]
• Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)[18]
• Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)[19]
• Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936)[20]
• Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845)[21]
• Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891)[22]
• Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863)[23]
• Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834)[24]
• Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964[25]

Species brought into synonymy

• Pteropurpura expansa (Sowerby, 1860):[26] synonym of Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) plorator (A. Adams & Reeve, 1845)
• Pteropurpura inornata (Récluz, 1851):[27] synonym of Ocenebra inornata (Récluz, 1851)
• Subgenus Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma): synonym of Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846
• Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertilio Kuroda in Kira, 1959: synonym of Timbellus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)

References

1. Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 July 2012.
2. Pteropurpura leeana (Dall, 1890). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
3. Pteropurpura falcata (G.B. Sowerby II, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
4. Pteropurpura debruini (Lorenz, 1989). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
5. Pteropurpura graagae (Coen, 1943). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
6. Pteropurpura multicornis Houart, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
7. Pteropurpura quinquelobata (Sowerby, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
8. Pteropurpura transkeiana Houart, 1991. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
9. Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
10. Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
11. Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
12. Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
13. Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
14. Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
15. Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
16. Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
17. Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
18. Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
19. Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
20. Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
21. Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
22. Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
23. Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
24. Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
25. Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
26. Pteropurpura expansa (Sowerby, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
27. Pteropurpura inornatus (Récluz, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.