Pterochelus akation

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Pterochelus akation
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P. akation
Binomial name
Pterochelus akation
(Vokes, 1993)
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Pterynotus (Pterochelus) akationVokes, 1993

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Pterochelus akation is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

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