Pterynotus tripterus

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]

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]
  • Murex tripterus Born, 1778
  • Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) tripterus (Born, 1778)

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. 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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  • "Pterymarchia triptera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.


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