Pteropurpura
Pteropurpura, common name the stag shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Species
Species within the genus Pteropurpura include:Pteropurpura benderskyi Emerson & D'Attilio, 1979Pteropurpura bequaerti Clench & Farfante, 1945Pteropurpura centrifuga Pteropurpura dearmata Pteropurpura deroyana Berry, 1968Pteropurpura erinaceoides Pteropurpura esycha Pteropurpura fairiana Pteropurpura festiva- † Pteropurpura friedbergi Pteropurpura macroptera Pteropurpura modesta Pteropurpura plorator Pteropurpura sanctaehelenae Pteropurpura stimpsoni Pteropurpura trialata Pteropurpura vokesae Emerson, 1964
- † Pteropurpura laetifica : synonym of † Timbellus laetificus Pteropurpura leeana : synonym of Calcitrapessa leeana Pteropurpura multicornis Houart, 1991: synonym of Poropteron multicornis Pteropurpura quinquelobata : synonym of Poropteron quinquelobatus Pteropurpura transkeiana Houart, 1991: synonym of Poropteron transkeianus Pteropurpura uncinaria : synonym of Poropteron uncinarius
- Subgenus Pteropurpura : synonym of Ceratostoma Herrmannsen, 1846Pteropurpura vespertilio Kuroda in Kira, 1959: synonym of ''Timbellus vespertilio''