title: Pteropurpura macroptera
text: # Pteropurpura macroptera
  
  Pteropurpura macroptera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  30-40 m. depth, on muddy bottom: California, West coast of North America.
  
  