Plicopurpura patula
| Plicopurpura patula | |
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| Illustration of a shell of Plicopurpura patula from Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843, Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Plicopurpura |
| Species: | P. patula |
| Binomial name | |
| Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Plicopurpura patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
References
- 1 2 Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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