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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Prototyphis |
| Species: | P. eos
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| Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873)
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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 :
- Prototyphis eos eos (Hutton, 1873)
- Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974) (synonym : Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974))
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
- ↑ 1.0 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
- "Pterynotus (Prototyphis) angasi eos" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_7208.shtml.
- "Pterynotus (Prototyphis) paupereques" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_7725.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3171772 entry
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