Pterynotus tripterus

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Pterynotus tripterus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pterynotus
Species:
P. tripterus
Binomial name
Pterynotus tripterus
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms [1]
  • Murex tripterusBorn, 1778
  • Pterymarchia triptera(Born, 1778)
  • Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) tripterus(Born, 1778)

Pterynotus tripterus, commonly known as the three-winged murex, 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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Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the western Pacific Ocean.

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