Prototyphis eos

Prototyphis eos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Tripterotyphinae
Genus: Prototyphis
Species: P. eos
Binomial name
Prototyphis eos
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex bipunctatus Sowerby, 1879
  • Murex eos Hutton, 1873 (basionym)

Prototyphis eos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

There are two subspecies :

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found along Australia and Northern New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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