Pygmaepterys germainae

Pygmaepterys germainae
Shell of Pygmaepterys germainae (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pygmaepterys
Species:	P. germainae
Binomial name
Pygmaepterys germainae (Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980)
Synonyms
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

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico and Martinique.

References

• 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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