Pterynotus tripterus, commonly known as the three-winged murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
| Pterynotus tripterus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Pterynotus |
| Species: | P. tripterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm
Distribution edit
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the western Pacific Ocean.
References edit
- ^ a b Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 April 2011.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.
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External links edit
- "Pterymarchia triptera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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