Purpura persica
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Muricidae - Purpura persica.JPG
| image_caption = Shell of Purpura persica on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
| genus = Purpura
| species = persica
| authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms = *Buccinum persicum Linnaeus, 1758
- Purpura aterrima Lesson, 1842
- Purpura inerma Reeve, 1846
- Purpura panama (Röding, 1798)
- Purpura rudolphi Lamarck, 1822
- Thais panama Röding, 1798
- Thais rudolphi Lamarck, 1822
}}
Purpura persica, common name : the Persian purpura, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.{{WRMS species|208648|Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758)||27 January 2011}}
Description
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The shell size of Purpura persica varies between 60 mm and 110 mm.{{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=1435|title=Purpura persica|access-date=12 January 2019}} It is a large and thick shell, with large body whorl and a very expanded aperture. The surface shows a chocolate-brown color and it is sculptured with spiralled, beaded cords.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Tanzania and the East Coast of South Africa, in the Southwest Pacific and along Japan.
Habitat
The (sea shores) is fish it is true or false
References
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- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. {{ISBN|91-630-4594-X}}. 448 pp
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
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Category:Gastropods described in 1758
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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