Pterynotus martinetana
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Pterynotus |
Species: | P. martinetana
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Binomial name | |
Pterynotus martinetana (Röding, 1798)
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Pterynotus martinetana, common name : the fenestrate murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 55 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This wide-ranging species is found in the Red Sea -and in the Pacific Ocean
in the Philippines, in Hawaii and the Ryukyus, Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ Pterynotus martinetana (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
[edit]- "Pterymarchia martinetana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.