Purpurellus
Sign in to savePurpurellus 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
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- UF, AUM
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, Panama, Spain
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Purpurellus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Purpurellus include: Purpurellus gambiensis (Reeve, 1845) Purpurellus macleani (Emerson & D'Attilio, 1969) Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833)
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