Pygmaepterys germainae

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

Pygmaepterys germainae
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. germainae
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys germainae
(Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Murexiella) lafayettei Espinosa & Ortea, 2017
  • Favartia (Pygmaepterys) germainae (Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980)
  • Favartia germainae (E. H. Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980)
  • Favartia lafayettei Espinosa & Ortea, 2017

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico.

References
  1. {MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys germainae E. H. Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408034 on 2020-11-21
  • Vokes E.H. & D'Attilio A. (1980). Pygmaepterys, a newly described taxon of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of three new species from the Cenozoic of the Western Atlantic. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 16: 45-54, 2 pls.
  • Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2017). Dos nuevas especies de la familia Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la isla de Martinica, Antillas Menores. Avicennia. 20: 41-44.
  • Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.


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