Purpura bufo | |
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Purpura bufo (Lovell Augustus Reeve, 1843. Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Rapaninae |
Genus: | Purpura |
Species: | P. bufo |
Binomial name | |
Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 |
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Synonyms | |
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Purpura bufo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Purpura bufo is a tropical species found in the Indian Ocean along the KwaZulu-Natal coast and Madagascar.