Pterynotus elongatus

Pterynotus elongatus
Pterynotus elongatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Pterynotus
Species: P. elongatus
Binomial name
Pterynotus elongatus
(Lightfoot, 1786)
Synonyms[1]
  • Marchia elongata (Lightfoot, 1786)
  • Murex clavus Kiener, 1842
  • Murex draco Röding, 1798
  • Murex elongatus Lightfoot, 1786
  • Pterynotus (Pterynotus) elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786) · accepted, alternate representation

Pterynotus elongatus, common name : the club murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 50 mm and 100 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific

References

  1. 1 2 Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.


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