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Purpura bufo

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Purpura bufo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Purpura
Species:
P. bufo
Binomial name
Purpura bufo
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Purpura bufonides Valenciennes, 1846
  • Purpura callosa Lamarck, 1822
  • Purpura timida Schubert & Wagner, 1829

Purpura bufo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

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Fully adult shells can attain 60+ mm. in size.

Distribution

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Purpura bufo is a tropical species found in the Indian Ocean along the KwaZulu-Natal coast and Madagascar.

References

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  1. ^ a b Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.