Purpura bufo

Purpura bufo
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]
  • Purpura bufonides Valenciennes, 1846
  • Purpura callosa Lamarck, 1822
  • Purpura timida Schubert & Wagner, 1829

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. 1 2 Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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