Biology:Pygmaepterys alfredensis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Pygmaepterys alfredensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Pygmaepterys
Species:	P. alfredensis
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915)
Synonyms
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915) Favartia alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915) Murex alfredensis Bartsch, 1915

Pygmaepterys alfredensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa

External links

• Bartsch P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. Bulletin. United States National Museum, 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates

Wikidata ☰ Q5438437 entry