| Pygmaepterys aliceae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Pygmaepterys |
| Species: | P. aliceae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pygmaepterys aliceae (Petuch, 1987) | |
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Pygmaepterys aliceae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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)."
Locus typicus: "Bonaire Isl., Netherlands Antilles."
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Bonaire.
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