Pteropurpura centrifuga

Pteropurpura centrifuga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Pteropurpura
Subgenus: Pteropurpura
Species: P. centrifuga
Binomial name
Pteropurpura centrifuga
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Murex centrifuga Hinds, 1844
Murex speciosus A. Adams, 1855
Pterynotus swansoni Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Pteropurpura centrifuga is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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