| Purpura persica | |
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| Shell of Purpura persica on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Purpura |
| Species: | P. persica
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| Binomial name | |
| Purpura persica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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.[1]
- ^ a b Purpura persica (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.