Pterynotus elongatus
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Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786)
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Pterynotus elongatus, common name : the club murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 50 mm and 100 mm
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific
References
- ^ a b Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
External links
- "Pterynotus (Pterynotus) elongatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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