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Pteropurpura festiva Festive Murex , Rock Shell

Pteropurpura festivais commonly referred to as Festive Murex , Rock Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Pteropurpura festiva.2018


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Scientific:
Pteropurpura festiva 
German:
Murex-Schnecke 
English:
Festive Murex , Rock Shell 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Pteropurpura (Genus) > festiva (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Hinds, ), 1844 
Occurrence:
Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA 
Sea depth:
0 - 12 Meter 
Size:
0.79" - 2.36" (2,0cm - 6,7cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C) 
Food:
Barnacles, Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Pteropurpura benderskyi
  • Pteropurpura bequaerti
  • Pteropurpura centrifuga
  • Pteropurpura dearmata
  • Pteropurpura debruini
  • Pteropurpura deroyana
  • Pteropurpura erinaceoides
  • Pteropurpura esycha
  • Pteropurpura fairiana
  • Pteropurpura falcata
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-03-12 12:49:46 

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Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)

The ground colour of the shell varies from white to light brown, crossed by evenly spaced, thin, incised, spiral dark brown lines.

It is a carnivorous snail and predator on mussels, limpets, barnacles and other snails.

Synonymised names:
Murex (Jaton) gaza M. Smith, 1940 (original combination; junior synonym)
Murex festivus Hinds, 1844 (original combination)
Murex gaza M. Smith, 1940 (synonym)
Pteropurpura (Pteropurpura) festiva (Hinds, 1844)· accepted, alternate representation
Shaskyus festivus (Hinds, 1844)

External links

  1. gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 12.03.2021.
  2. Mexican-fish.com (en). Abgerufen am 12.03.2021.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 12.03.2021.
  4. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 12.03.2021.

Pictures

Spawn

Pteropurpura festiva and eggs.Mission Bay, San Diego, California.Dec. 13, 2016
Pteropurpura festiva and eggs.Mission Bay, San Diego, California.Dec. 13, 2016

Commonly

Pteropurpura festiva, Festive Murex. 4cm long,Windy Cove,Morro Bay, California 2021
Festive murex, Pteropurpura festiva 2020
Pteropurpura festiva.2018

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