Pteropurpura delbosiana ( Grateloup, 1845 )

Kovács, Zoltán, 2018, Muricidae (Neogastropoda) assemblages from the Middle Miocene of the Făget Basin (Romania) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 35, pp. 111-142 : 130-132

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.17111/FragmPalHung.2018.35.111
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16779753
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scientific name	Pteropurpura delbosiana ( Grateloup, 1845 )
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Pteropurpura delbosiana ( Grateloup, 1845)

1845 Murex Delbosianus – GRATELOUP, pl. 30, figs 7, 10.

1966 Murex (Pterynotus) latilabris – STRAUSZ, p. 261, pl. 55, figs 5–10 [non Purpurellus latilabris (Bellardi et Michelotti, 1841) ].

2013 Pteropurpura delbosiana (Grateloup) – LANDAU et al., p. 153, pl. 22, figs 13–14, pl. 23, fig. 1 (cum syn.).

Material – 5 specimens; Coşteiu: M.60.6952, M.60.6961 (4).

Remarks – P. delbosiana is closely allied to P.friedbergi (Cossmann et Peyrot) in morphology, but differs by larger size, strong labral varix, and lack of spines on the siphonal canal.