Pteropurpura macroptera

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

Pteropurpura macroptera
Pteropurpura macroptera shell
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P. macroptera
Binomial name
Pteropurpura macroptera
(Deshayes, 1839)
Synonyms[1]

Murex macropterus Deshayes, 1839
Murex petri Dall, 1900
Murex tremperi Dall, 1910
Pteronotus carpenteri Dall, 1899
Pteronotus carpenteri var. alba Berry, 1908

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