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Pteropurpura festiva
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
| Genus: | Pteropurpura |
| Species: | P. festiva
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropurpura festiva Hinds, 1844
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Pteropurpura festiva, commonly known as the festive murex, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. Native to the Eastern Pacific, these sea snails grow to 34–67 mm in length. [1]
This species was previously known as Murex festivus. Because the shell of this sea snail is attractive, and is common in San Diego, the name The Festivus was used for the San Diego Shell Club publication, which was started in 1970, became a science journal on malacology, and as of 2021 has been published for over 50 years.[2]
- ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743644 on 2019-11-19
- ^ The Festivus: A Publication of the San Diego Shell Club Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
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