Heteropurpura is an extinct genus of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
Fossil records The fossil record of this species dates back to the Pliocene (age range: 3.6 to 2.588 million years ago). These fossils have been found in Italy and Spain.Fossilworks
Description Shells of Heteropurpura species can reach a size of about .Malachia
Species †Heteropurpura polymorpha Brocchi 1814
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