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wide-mouthed dye shell

Plicopurpura patula

Classification

Family
Muricidae

Plicopurpura patula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. Distribution The widemouth rockshell or wide-mouthed purpura is a tropical Western Atlantic species. Its biogeographical distribution range extends along the Atlantic coast of America from Florida to Trinidade, and includes the Caribbean Sea.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 41Netherlands · 23France · 19Mexico · 19United Kingdom · 13Cuba · 7