Purpurina sowerbyi Waagen 1867 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae

Belongs to Purpurina according to Waagen 1867

Sister taxa: Purpurina (Globipurpurina), Purpurina (Pseudalaria), Purpurina (Purpurina), Purpurina concava, Purpurina coronata, Purpurina elaborata, Purpurina formosa, Purpurina gravinaensis, Purpurina pleurotomaria, Purpurina scalaris, Purpurina subcerithiformis, Purpurina subpleurotomaria, Purpurina vaceki

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Purpurina sowerbyi in the database

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