Biology:Prototyphis eos

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Prototyphis eos
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Prototyphis
Species:
P. eos
Binomial name
Prototyphis eos
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex bipunctatus Sowerby, 1879
  • Murex eos Hutton, 1873 (basionym)

Prototyphis eos is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

There are two subspecies :

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 148
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3171772 entry