Pygmaepterys funafutiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Pygmaepterys funafutiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Pygmaepterys |
Species: | P. funafutiensis
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Binomial name | |
Pygmaepterys funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Tuvalu.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325979 on 2020-11-21
External links
edit- Hedley C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27
- D'Attilio A. & Myers B.W. (1985). A new species of Pygmaepterys Vokes from the western Pacific (Gastropoda: Muricidae). The Nautilus. 99(1): 9-13