Pterynotus

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

Species

Three shaped murex

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyMuricidae

Habitatmarine

Observations460

Observations recorded2,837

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Specimen records: 284
With media: 25
Family: Muricidae
Collections: RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UWBM, UF, PRI, USNM, UCMP
Recorded in: Philippines, Fiji, Mauritius, United States, Dominican Republic, France, Japan, Grenada

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Muricidae
Image: Pterynotus pinnatus shell.jpg

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Commons category: Pterynotus
taxon name: Pterynotus
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Pterynotus

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

==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Pterynotus: Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798) Pterynotus albobrunneus Bertsch & D'Attilio, 1980 Pterynotus aparrii D'Attilio & Bertsch, 1980 Pterynotus barclayanus (H. Adams, 1873) Pterynotus bibbeyi (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) Pterynotus bipinnatus (Reeve, 1845) Pterynotus bouteti Houart, 1990 †Pterynotus denudatus (Deshayes, 1835) Pterynotus elaticus (Houart, 2000) Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786) †Pterynotus fusoides (Deshayes, 1865) Pterynotus laurae Houart, 1997 Pterynotus martinetana (Röding, 1798) Pterynotus patagiatus (Hedley, 1912) Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve, 1845) †Pterynotus pseuderinaceus (Boettger, 1902) †Pterynotus rembangensis (Wanner & Hahn, 1935) Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778) †Pterynotus wallacei (Pritchard, 1898)

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