Personopsis purpurata is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Personidae.[2]
| Personopsis purpurata | |
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| Shell of Personopsis purpurata( holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Personidae |
| Genus: | Personopsis |
| Species: | P. purpurata
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| Binomial name | |
| Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998[1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 15.6 mm. It has a broad, biconic shape with a moderately tall spire, a wide last whorl, a somewhat contracted base, and a short anterior canal. The shell is mostly translucent white, with prominent brownish-purple coloration at the anterior siphonal canal and a less noticeable area in the mid-columellar excavation. The outer layer (periostracum) is thin, pale yellow or olive, and covered with long, thick bristles over the ridges and shorter, thinner bristles in the spaces between. [3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Beu (1998). Mem. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. 178 : 1-255. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 14 August 2010.
- ^ Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998. WoRMS (2010). Personopsis purpurata Beu, 1998. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456843 on 14 August 2010 .
- ^ Jang, Delsing (20 June 1998). "Personopsis purpurata A.G. Beu, 1998". BioLib.
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