Pteropurpura macroptera explained

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

Distribution

30-40 m. depth, on muddy bottom: California, West coast of North America.

References

• Tuskes P. & Tuskes A. (2016). Native Pteropurpura of the eastern Pacific (Muricidae). The Festivus. 48(4): 211-220

External links

• Hinds, R. B. (1844). Descriptions of new species of Scalaria and Murex, from the collection of Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1843) 11: 124-129