Pygmaepterys aliceae

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

Pygmaepterys aliceae
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. aliceae
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys aliceae
(Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms[1]
  • Favartia (Pygmaepterys) aliceae (Petuch, 1987)
  • Favartia aliceae (Petuch, 1987)
  • Muricopsis aliceae Petuch, 1987

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, elongated, with high, elevated spire; 6 fimbriated varices per whorl; varices with 6 short, bladelike serrations; intervarical areas and backs of varices of body whorl with 6 large, raised, fimbriated spiral cords; inside of lip with 6 large denticles; shell color pure white (holotype encrusted with the red foraminiferan Homotrema rubrum)."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Bonaire Isl., Netherlands Antilles."[3]

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Bonaire.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys aliceae (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325527 on 2020-11-21
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 100. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 100. Publ: CERF
  • Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.


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