Pterynotus alatus

Pterynotus alatus
Shell of Pterynotus alatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Pterynotus
Species: P. alatus
Binomial name
Pterynotus alatus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]

Murex martinianus Pfeiffer, 1840
Murex pinnatus Swainson, 1822
Pterynotus pinnatus (Swainson, 1822)
Purpura alata Röding, 1798

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

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