Pterynotus

Pterynotus
Pterynotus alatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Pterynotus
Swainson, 1833
Type species
Murex pinnatus Swainson, 1822
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Marchia Jousseaume, 1880
  • Murex (Pteronotus)
  • Murex (Pterynotus)
  • Pteronotus Swainson, 1833
  • Pterymarchia Houart, 1995
  • Pterymurex Rovereto, 1899
  • Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) Houart, 1995
  • Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Swainson, 1833

Pterynotus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

  1. ^ a b Pterynotus Swainson, 1833. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 January 2011.