Pterochelus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Rank Genus		Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae
Similar Dermomurex, Chicomurex, Naquetia, Pterynotus, Muricodrupa

Pterochelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Pterochelus include:

Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816)

Pterochelus akation (Vokes, 1993)

Pterochelus ariomus (Clench & Farfante, 1945)

Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936

Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845)

Pterochelus undosus (Vokes, 1993)

Pterochelus westralis (Ponder & Wilson, 1973)

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