Pygmaepterys

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Pygmaepterys
Pygmaepterys aturensis (MNHN-IM-2000-1061).jpeg
Shell of Pygmaepterys aturensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
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)

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]

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys E. H. Vokes, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408792 on 2020-11-21