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.
Contents
There are two subspecies :
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is found along Australia and Northern New Zealand.
References
Prototyphis eos Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA