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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
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

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