Pygmaepterys aliceae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Pygmaepterys |
| Species: | P. aliceae
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygmaepterys aliceae (Petuch, 1987)
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Description
editOriginal 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
editLocus typicus: "Bonaire Isl., Netherlands Antilles."[3]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Bonaire.
References
edit- ^ a b 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
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 100. Publ: CERF
- ^ 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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