Pygmaepterys alfredensis

Pygmaepterys alfredensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pygmaepterys
Species:	P. alfredensis
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915)
Synonyms [1]
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) alfredensis(Bartsch, 1915) Favartia alfredensis(Bartsch, 1915) Murex alfredensisBartsch, 1915

Pygmaepterys alfredensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325521 on 2020-11-21

External links

• Bartsch P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum, 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates