Plicopurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Plicopurpura patula | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
| Genus: | Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Plicopurpura include:
- Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816)[2]
- Plicopurpura eudeli (Sowerby, 1903)[3]
- Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853)[4]
- Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758)[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Plicopurpura Cossmann, 1903. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Plicopurpura columellaris (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Plicopurpura eudeli (Sowerby, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Plicopurpura pansa (Gould, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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