Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Pterynotus martinetana | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae Rank Species | |
Similar Pterynotus loebbeckei, Pterynotus, Favartia, Chicoreus, Hexaplex | ||
Pterynotus martinetana, common name : the fenestrate murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 55 mm.
Distribution
This species is dound in the Red Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and the Ryukyus, Japan.
References
Pterynotus martinetana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA