Purpura mancinella

Purpura mancinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Rapaninae
Genus: Purpura
Species: P. mancinella
Binomial name
Purpura mancinella
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Murex mancinella Linnaeus, 1758

Purpura mancinella 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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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b Purpura mancinella (Linnaeus, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208644 on 24 April 2010.