Plicopurpura

Genus of gastropods

Plicopurpura
Plicopurpura patula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Plicopurpura
Cossmann, 1903
Synonyms[1]
  • Microtoma Swainson, 1840
  • Patellipurpura Dall, 1909
  • Purpurella Dall, 1872

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

Species

Species within the genus Plicopurpura include:

References

  1. ^ a b Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  2. ^ Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ Plicopurpura eudeli (Sowerby, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ^ Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
Taxon identifiers
Plicopurpura


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