Pteropurpura

Pteropurpura, common name the stag shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

==Species== Species within the genus Pteropurpura include: Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979 Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945 Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844) Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922) Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968 Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832) Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925) Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979) Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844) † Pteropurpura friedbergi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924) Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839) Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936) Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845) Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891) Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863) Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834) Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964 Species brought into synonymy: Pteropurpura adunca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834): synonym of Pteropurpura falcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834): synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Pteropurpura capensis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1841): synonym of Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822) Pteropurpura debruini Lorenz, 1989: synonym of Poropteron debruini (Lorenz, 1989) Pteropurpura expansa (Sowerby, 1860): synonym of Pteropurpura plorator (A. Adams & Reeve, 1845) Pteropurpura falcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834): synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834) Pteropurpura graagae (Coen, 1943): synonym of Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1943) Pteropurpura incurvispina Kilburn, 1970: synonym of Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1943) Pteropurpura inornata (Récluz, 1851): synonym of Ocenebra inornata (Récluz, 1851) Pteropurpura joostei Lorenz, 1990: synonym of Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879) † Pteropurpura laetifica (Finlay, 1930): synonym of † Timbellus laetificus (Finlay, 1930) Pteropurpura leeana (Dall, 1890): synonym of Calcitrapessa leeana (Dall, 1890) Pteropurpura multicornis Houart, 1991: synonym of Poropteron multicornis (Houart, 1991) (original combination) Pteropurpura quinquelobata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879): synonym of Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879) Pteropurpura transkeiana Houart, 1991: synonym of Poropteron transkeianus (Houart, 1991) (original combination) Pteropurpura uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822) Subgenus Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma): synonym of Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846 Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertilio Kuroda in Kira, 1959: synonym of Timbellus vespertilio (Kuroda in Kira, 1959)