Pygmaepterys avatea

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Pygmaepterys avatea
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Shell of Pygmaepterys avatea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pygmaepterys
Species:
P. avatea
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys avatea
Houart & Tröndlé, 2008
Synonyms [1]
  • Favartia (Pygmaepterys) avateaHouart & Tröndlé, 2008 (basionym)
  • Favartia avateaHouart & Tröndlé, 2008 (original combination)

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

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Austral Islands, French Polynesia.

References

  1. 1 2 "Pygmaepterys avatea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 June 2024.


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