Purpura bufo
| Purpura bufo | |
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| Purpura bufo (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: | Purpura |
| Species: | P. bufo |
| Binomial name | |
| Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Purpura bufo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Distribution
Purpura bufo is a tropical species found in the Indian Ocean along the KwaZulu-Natal coast and Madagascar.
References
- 1 2 Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
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