Pygmaepterys funafutiensis

Pygmaepterys funafutiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pygmaepterys
Species:	P. funafutiensis
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899)
Synonyms [1]
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) funafutiensis(Hedley, 1899) Favartia funafutiensis(Hedley, 1899) Murex funafutiensisHedley, 1899

Pygmaepterys funafutiensis 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 Tuvalu.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325979 on 2020-11-21

External links

• Hedley C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27
• D'Attilio A. & Myers B.W. (1985). A new species of Pygmaepterys Vokes from the western Pacific (Gastropoda: Muricidae). The Nautilus. 99(1): 9-13