Pygmaepterys menoui

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Pygmaepterys menoui
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Shell of Pygmaepterys menoui (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pygmaepterys
Species:
P. menoui
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys menoui
(Houart, 1990)
Synonyms [1]
  • Favartia (Pygmaepterys) menoui(Houart, 1990)
  • Favartia menoui(Houart, 1990)

Pygmaepterys menoui 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 New Caledonia

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys menoui Houart, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408799 on 2020-11-21