Pygmaepterys philcloveri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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| Shell of Pygmaepterys philcloveri (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Pygmaepterys |
| Species: | P. philcloveri
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| Pygmaepterys philcloveri (Houart, 1984)
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Mindanao, the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys philcloveri (Houart, 1984). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326034 on 2020-11-21
- Houart R. (1984). Poiriera (Pazinotus) philcloveri, a new species from the Philippine Islands (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie. ser. 12, 2-3: 127-130
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