Pteropurpura graagae

Pteropurpura graagae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Pteropurpura
Subgenus: Poropteron
Species: P. graagae
Binomial name
Pteropurpura graagae
(Coen, 1943)
Synonyms[1]

Murex mitriformis Sowerby, 1841
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) incurvispina Kilburn, 1970
Tritonalia graagae Coen, 1943

Pteropurpura graagae, common name the stag shell, 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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