Pterynotus elongatus

Pterynotus elongatus, common name : the club murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Pterynotus elongatus
Pterynotus elongatus
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. elongatus
Binomial name
Pterynotus elongatus
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marchia elongata (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Murex clavus Kiener, 1842
  • Murex draco Röding, 1798
  • Murex elongatus Lightfoot, 1786
  • Pterynotus (Pterynotus) elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786) · accepted, alternate representation

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 100 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific

References
  1. Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
  • "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) elongatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.


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