Pteropurpura, common name the stag shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Pteropurpura include:
- Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979
- Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945
- Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)
- Pteropurpura dearmata (Odhner, 1922)
- Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968
- Pteropurpura erinaceoides (Valenciennes, 1832)
- Pteropurpura esycha (Dall, 1925)
- Pteropurpura fairiana (Houart, 1979)
- Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
- â Pteropurpura friedbergi <small>(Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924)</small>
- Pteropurpura macroptera (Deshayes, 1839)
- Pteropurpura modesta (Fulton, 1936)
- Pteropurpura plorator (Adams & Reeve, 1845)
- Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae (E.A. Smith, 1891)
- Pteropurpura stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1863)
- Pteropurpura trialata (Sowerby, 1834)
- Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964
Species brought into synonymy:
- Pteropurpura adunca <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)</small>: synonym of Pteropurpura falcata <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834</small>): synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)</small>
- Pteropurpura capensis <small>(G.B. Sowerby II, 1841)</small>: synonym of Pteropurpura uncinaria <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Poropteron uncinarius <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Pteropurpura debruini <small>Lorenz, 1989</small>: synonym of Poropteron debruini <small>(Lorenz, 1989)</small>
- Pteropurpura expansa <small>(Sowerby, 1860)</small>: synonym of Pteropurpura plorator <small>(A. Adams & Reeve, 1845)</small>
- Pteropurpura falcata <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)</small>: synonym of Ocinebrellus falcatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)</small>
- Pteropurpura graagae <small>(Coen, 1943)</small>: synonym of Poropteron graagae <small>(Coen, 1943)</small>
- Pteropurpura incurvispina <small>Kilburn, 1970</small>: synonym of Poropteron graagae <small>(Coen, 1943)</small>
- Pteropurpura inornata <small>(Récluz, 1851)</small>: synonym of Ocenebra inornata <small>(Récluz, 1851)</small>
- Pteropurpura joostei <small>Lorenz, 1990</small>: synonym of Poropteron quinquelobatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)</small>
- â Pteropurpura laetifica <small>(Finlay, 1930)</small>: synonym of â Timbellus laetificus <small>(Finlay, 1930)</small>
- Pteropurpura leeana <small>(Dall, 1890)</small>: synonym of Calcitrapessa leeana <small>(Dall, 1890)</small>
- Pteropurpura multicornis <small>Houart, 1991</small>: synonym of Poropteron multicornis <small>(Houart, 1991)</small> (original combination)
- Pteropurpura quinquelobata <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)</small>: synonym of Poropteron quinquelobatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)</small>
- Pteropurpura transkeiana <small>Houart, 1991</small>: synonym of Poropteron transkeianus <small>(Houart, 1991)</small> (original combination)
- Pteropurpura uncinaria <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>: synonym of Poropteron uncinarius <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Subgenus Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma): synonym of Ceratostoma <small>Herrmannsen, 184</small>6
- Pteropurpura (Ceratostoma) vespertilio <small>Kuroda in Kira, 1959</small>: synonym of Timbellus vespertilio <small>(Kuroda in Kira, 1959)</small>
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