Plicopurpura patula

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

Plicopurpura patula
Illustration of a shell of Plicopurpura patula from 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:
Plicopurpura
Species:
P. patula
Binomial name
Plicopurpura patula
Synonyms[1]

Distribution

Eastern Caribbean intertidal splash zones
on hard rocky shorelines facing regular wave action.


References
  1. Plicopurpura patula (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
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