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Pterynotus

Pterynotus
Pterynotus pinnatus shell.jpg
Pterynotus alatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Pterynotus
Swainson, 1833
Synonyms
  • Marchia Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Pteronotus) (Pteronotus is an (invalid) alternate original spelling of Pterynotus)
  • Murex (Pterynotus)
  • Pteronotus Swainson, 1833
  • Pterymurex Rovereto, 1899
  • Timbellus de Gregorio, 1885

Pterynotus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species within the genus Pterynotus include:



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