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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