Heteropurpura is an extinct genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
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| Fossil shell of Heteropurpura polymorpha from Pliocene of Italy | |
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| Genus: | Heteropurpura Jousseaume, 1880
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| Species: | H. polymorpha
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| Heteropurpura polymorpha Brocchi 1814
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Fossil records edit
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 edit
Shells of Heteropurpura species can reach a size of about 35 millimetres (1.4 in).[2]
Species edit
- †Heteropurpura polymorpha Brocchi 1814
References edit
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