Pterochelus acanthopterus

Pterochelus acanthopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Pterochelus
Species: P. acanthopterus
Binomial name
Pterochelus acanthopterus
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]

Murex acanthopterus Lamarck, 1816
Murex alatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
Murex saibaiensis Melvill & Standen, 1899

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

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