Persian purpura
Purpura persica
- Usual depth1 m
- Water temperature23–30 °C
- Best monthsJuly
- How commonRare
About this species
Purpura persica, common name : the Persian purpura, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Purpura persica”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 1 records
- July: 11 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1 m · Deepest record: 1 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 23–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Persian purpura, Princely purple, Rudolph's purpura, princely purple
Names in 3 more languages
- German
- Persische Purpurschnecke
- Japanese
- ホソスジテツボラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 桃羅螺
Other scientific names: Buccinum persicum, Buccinum rudolphi, Purpura aterrima, Purpura inerma, Purpura rudolphi, Thais rudolphi
Similar species
- Rudolph's purpura
Purpura panama
Common Small PurpleAgnewia tritoniformis
Adusta murexChicoreus brunneus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 173 open-data records from 1758 to 2006.
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