Biology:Pygmaepterys philcloveri

Pygmaepterys philcloveri
	Shell of Pygmaepterys philcloveri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. philcloveri
Binomial name
	Pygmaepterys philcloveri; (Houart, 1984)
Synonyms
	Favartia (Pygmaepterys) philcloveri (Houart, 1984); Favartia philcloveri (Houart, 1984); Poirieria (Pazinotus) philcloveri Houart, 1984;

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Description

This marine species occurs off Mindanao, the Philippines.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys philcloveri (Houart, 1984). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326034 on 2020-11-21

Houart R. (1984). Poiriera (Pazinotus) philcloveri, a new species from the Philippine Islands (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie. ser. 12, 2-3: 127-130

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Pygmaepterys philcloveri

Shell of Pygmaepterys philcloveri (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. philcloveri
Binomial name
*Pygmaepterys philcloveri* (Houart, 1984)
Synonyms^[1]
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) philcloveri (Houart, 1984) Favartia philcloveri (Houart, 1984) Poirieria (Pazinotus) philcloveri Houart, 1984