Pygmaepterys richardbinghami

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

Pygmaepterys richardbinghami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Pygmaepterys
Species:
P. richardbinghami
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys richardbinghami
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987)
  • Favartia richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987)
  • Muricopsis richardbinghami Petuch, 1987

Description

The shell size is 17 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Eastern Florida

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419953 on 2020-11-21
  • Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas


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