Pteropurpura quinquelobata

Pteropurpura quinquelobata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Pteropurpura quinquelobata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Pteropurpura
Subgenus:
Poropteron
Species:
P. quinquelobata
Binomial name
Pteropurpura quinquelobata
(Sowerby, 1879)
Synonyms[1]

Murex quinquelobatus Sowerby, 1879
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) joostei Lorenz, 1990

References
  1. Pteropurpura quinquelobata (Sowerby, 1879). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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