Prototyphis eos

Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Prototyphis eos		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Tripterotyphinae Rank Species

Prototyphis eos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

There are two subspecies :

Prototyphis eos eos (Hutton, 1873)

Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974) (synonym : Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974) )

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.

This marine species is found along Australia and Northern New Zealand.