Purpura persica
| Purpura persica | |
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| Shell of Purpura persica on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| 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. persica |
| Binomial name | |
| Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Purpura persica, common name : the Persian purpura, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
Purpura persica (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica)
The shell size of Purpura persica varies between 60 mm and 110 mm.[2] It is a large and thick shell, with large body whorl and a very expanded aperture. The surface shows a chocolate-brown color and it is sculptured with spiralled, beaded cords. [1]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania and the East Coast of South Africa, in the Southwest Pacific and along Japan. [1]
Habitat
These sea snails prefer shallow rocky areas. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Purpura persica
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg