Prototyphis eos

Prototyphis eos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Tripterotyphinae
Genus:	Prototyphis
Species:	P. eos
Binomial name
	Prototyphis eos; (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms
	Murex bipunctatus Sowerby, 1879; Murex eos Hutton, 1873 (basionym);

Prototyphis eos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

There are two subspecies :

Prototyphis eos eos (Hutton, 1873)
Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974) (synonym : Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974) )

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.

This marine species is found along Australia and Northern New Zealand.

Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 148
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

"Pterynotus (Prototyphis) angasi eos". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
"Pterynotus (Prototyphis) paupereques". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.

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