Pterochelus

Pterochelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyMuricidae

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Specimen records: 31
Family: Muricidae
Collections: NHMUK, DMNH, WAM, AUM, MAGNT, AM
Recorded in: United Kingdom, Australia, New Caledonia

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Muricidae
Image: Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.348301 - Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816) - Muricidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

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taxon name: Pterochelus
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Pterochelus

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Pterochelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

==Species== Species within the genus Pterochelus include: Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816) Pterochelus akation (Vokes, 1993) Pterochelus ariomus (Clench & Farfante, 1945) Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936 Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845) Pterochelus undosus (Vokes, 1993) Pterochelus westralis (Ponder & Wilson, 1973)

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