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Pteropurpura

Pteropurpura, common name the stag shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Festive Murex

speciesPteropurpura festiva

Three-winged Murex

speciesPteropurpura trialata

Pteropurpura macroptera

speciesPteropurpura macroptera

Pteropurpura vokesae

speciesPteropurpura vokesae

Pteropurpura erinaceoides

speciesPteropurpura erinaceoides

Pteropurpura plorator

speciesPteropurpura plorator

Pteropurpura bequaerti

speciesPteropurpura bequaerti

Pteropurpura centrifuga

speciesPteropurpura centrifuga

Pteropurpura deroyana

speciesPteropurpura deroyana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 116690.