Pteropurpura falcata

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

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

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