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Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880 
AphiaID: 403995

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Ocenebrinae (Subfamily) > Pteropurpura (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Parent Pteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
Synonymised
taxa		  Murex (Poropteron)
 Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) debruini (Lorenz, 1989)
Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) graagae (Coen, 1943)
Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) multicornis Houart, 1991
Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) quinquelobata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)
Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) transkeiana Houart, 1991
Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822)

Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) incurvispina Kilburn, 1970 represented as Pteropurpura incurvispina Kilburn, 1970 (alternate representation)

Species Pteropurpura (Poropteron) joostei Lorenz, 1990 accepted as Pteropurpura (Poropteron) quinquelobata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:403995
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-06-18 17:01:46Z  created  Houart, Roland
  
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  Citation: Houart, R. (2013). Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=403995 on 2013-05-23
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