Pterynopsis
Appearance
Pterynopsis | |
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Shell of † Pterynopsis meridionalis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Ocenebrinae |
Genus: | †Pterynopsis JE. H. Vokes, 1972 |
Type species | |
† Pterynopsis prosopeion E.H. Vokes, 1972 |
Pterynopsis is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Species
[edit]- † Pterynopsis meridionalis Lozouet, 1999
- † Pterynopsis prosopeion E.H. Vokes, 1972
- † Pterynopsis subcontabulata (Millet, 1854)
References
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- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pterynopsis E. H. Vokes, 1972 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888105 on 2022-02-27
- Lozouet, P., 1999. - Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana 6(1-2): 1-68