Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Scientific name Pterymarchia triptera | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Muricinae Rank Species | |
Similar Pterynotus elongatus, Chicomurex laciniatus, Pterynotus loebbeckei, Timbellus miyokoae, Pterynotus | ||
Pterynotus tripterus, common name : the three-winged 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 shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
Pterynotus tripterus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA