Heteropurpura
| Heteropurpura Temporal range:
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| Fossil shell of Heteropurpura polymorpha from Pliocene of Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | †Heteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880 |
| Species: | †H. polymorpha
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| Binomial name | |
| †Heteropurpura polymorpha Brocchi 1814
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Heteropurpura is an extinct genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
Fossil records
The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy and Spain.[1]
Description
Shells of Heteropurpura species can reach a size of about 35 millimetres (1.4 in).[2]
Species
- †Heteropurpura polymorpha Brocchi 1814
References