Pterorytis hamatus

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

Pterorytis hamatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Pterorytis
Species:
P. hamatus
Binomial name
Pterorytis hamatus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]

Murex hamatus Hinds, 1844

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Pterorytis hamatus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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