Pterynotus alatus

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

Pterynotus alatus
Shell of 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
Species:
P. alatus
Binomial name
Pterynotus alatus
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]

Murex martinianus Pfeiffer, 1840
Murex pinnatus Swainson, 1822
Pterynotus pinnatus (Swainson, 1822)
Purpura alata Röding, 1798

References
  1. Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

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