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Pterynotus

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Pterynotus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

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Three shaped murex

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
Observations460
Observations recorded2,837

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Pterynotus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Pterynotus: Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798) Pterynotus albobrunneus Bertsch & D'Attilio, 1980 Pterynotus aparrii D'Attilio & Bertsch, 1980 Pterynotus barclayanus (H. Adams, 1873) Pterynotus bibbeyi (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) Pterynotus bipinnatus (Reeve, 1845) Pterynotus bouteti Houart, 1990 †Pterynotus denudatus (Deshayes, 1835) Pterynotus elaticus (Houart, 2000) Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786) †Pterynotus fusoides (Deshayes, 1865) Pterynotus laurae Houart, 1997 Pterynotus martinetana (Röding, 1798) Pterynotus patagiatus (Hedley, 1912) Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve, 1845) †Pterynotus pseuderinaceus (Boettger, 1902) †Pterynotus rembangensis (Wanner & Hahn, 1935) Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778) †Pterynotus wallacei (Pritchard, 1898)

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