Pteropurpura graagae

Pteropurpura graagae, common name the stag shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Pteropurpura graagae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Pteropurpura
Subgenus:
Poropteron
Species:
P. graagae
Binomial name
Pteropurpura graagae
(Coen, 1943)
Synonyms[1]

Murex mitriformis Sowerby, 1841
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) incurvispina Kilburn, 1970
Tritonalia graagae Coen, 1943

Distribution

Lives under rocks, 5-10 m. depth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

References
  1. Pteropurpura graagae (Coen, 1943). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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