Pygmaepterys alfredensis

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[1]
	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.[1]

Description

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred, South Africa

MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys alfredensis (Bartsch, 1915). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325521 on 2020-11-21

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