Pterygia conus
Species of gastropod
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Pterygia conus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]
| Pterygia conus | |
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| Shells of Pterygia conus (specimen in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Mitridae |
| Genus: | Pterygia |
| Species: | P. conus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterygia conus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
