Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 is a animal in the Muricidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822
Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822 is a tropical Indian Ocean species whose adult shells reach over 60 mm.
The accepted scientific name for this species is Purpura bufo Lamarck, 1822. The shells of fully mature individuals can grow to over 60 millimeters in size. This is a tropical species of Purpura bufo that is distributed in the Indian Ocean, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast and off the coast of Madagascar.
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Hexaplex princeps (Broderip, 1833)
Oppomorus purpureocinctus (Preston, 1909)
Forreria belcheri (Hinds, 1844)
Nucella squamosa (Lamarck, 1816)
Haustrum scobina (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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