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Purpurcapsula
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Purpurcapsula

Purpurcapsula is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Purpurcapsula exigua

speciesPurpurcapsula exigua

Purpurcapsula rubramaculosa

speciesPurpurcapsula rubramaculosa

Purpurcapsula zzyzyxia

speciesPurpurcapsula zzyzyxia

Purpurcapsula bayeri

speciesPurpurcapsula bayeri

Purpurcapsula corinneae

speciesPurpurcapsula corinneae

Purpurcapsula polynesiae

speciesPurpurcapsula polynesiae

Purpurcapsula erythrostigma

speciesPurpurcapsula erythrostigma

Purpurcapsula incisura

speciesPurpurcapsula incisura

Purpurcapsula laurae

speciesPurpurcapsula laurae

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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 741518.