Pteropurpura
Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Centrifuga Grant & Gale, 1931
  • Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) Jousseaume, 1880· accepted, alternate representation
  • Shaskyus J. Q. Burch & G. B. Campbell, 1963

Pteropurpura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Pteropurpura include:

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

  1. 1 2 Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  8. ↑ Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  9. ↑ Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  10. ↑ Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  11. ↑ Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  12. ↑ Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  14. ↑ Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  15. ↑ Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  16. ↑ Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  17. ↑ Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  18. ↑ Pteropurpura expansa (Sowerby, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  19. ↑ Pteropurpura inornatus (Récluz, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
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