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.[1]
| Pteropurpura | |
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| Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Murex macropterus Deshayes, 1839 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Pteropurpura include:
- Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979[2]
- Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945[3]
- Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)[4]
- Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922)[5]
- Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968[6]
- Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)[7]
- Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925)[8]
- Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979)[9]
- Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)[10]
- † Pteropurpura friedbergi (Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924)
- Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)[11]
- Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936)[12]
- Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845)[13]
- Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891)[14]
- Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863)[15]
- Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834)[16]
- Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964[17]
- 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):[18] 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):[19] 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)
References
edit- ^ a b Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 July 2012.
- ^ Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura expansa (Sowerby, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Pteropurpura inornatus (Récluz, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
External links
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- Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338
- Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335
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