Plicopurpura
Sign in to savePlicopurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- PRI, YPM, BPBM, UF
- Recorded in
- Barbados, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Italy, Kenya, Cabo Verde, Mexico
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Plicopurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Plicopurpura include: Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816) Plicopurpura eudeli (Sowerby, 1903) Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853) Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)
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