Pterotyphis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Tripterotyphinae |
| Genus: | Pterotyphis Jousseaume, 1880 |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Pterotyphis include:[1]
- Pterotyphis fimbriatus (A. Adams, 1854)
- Pterotyphis pinnatus (Broderip, 1833)
- Pterotyphis ryalli (Houart, 1996)
References
edit- ^ "Pterotyphis". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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