Pterynotus patagiatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Pterynotus patagiatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Pterynotus
Species:
P. patagiatus
Binomial name
Pterynotus patagiatus
(Hedley, 1912)
Synonyms[1]

Murex patagiatus Hedley, 1912

Description edit

Shell size: 50 mm.

Distribution edit

Queensland, Australia.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Pterynotus patagiatus (Hedley, 1912). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.