Pygmaepterys maraisi 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. maraisi
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| Binomial name | |
| Pygmaepterys maraisi (Vokes, 1978)
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Description
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys maraisi (E. H. Vokes, 1978). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1326020 on 2020-11-21
- Vokes E.H. (1978). Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the eastern coast of Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum. 23(2): 375-418, pls 1-8.
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