Pterynotus tripterus
| Pterynotus tripterus | |
|---|---|
| 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. tripterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pterynotus tripterus, common name : the three-winged murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 April 2011.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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