Pterynotus elongatus
| Pterynotus elongatus | |
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| Pterynotus elongatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricinae |
| Genus: | Pterynotus |
| Species: | P. elongatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786) | |
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Pterynotus elongatus, common name : the club murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 100 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific
References
- 1 2 Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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