Pygmaepterys

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pygmaepterys is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

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Pygmaepterys
Shell of Pygmaepterys aturensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Pygmaepterys
E. H. Vokes, 1978
Type species
Murex alfredensis
Bartsch, 1915
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Pygmaepterys) E. H. Vokes, 1978
  • Pterynotus (Pygmaepterys) E. H. Vokes, 1978 (basionym)
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