Pterynopsis

Pterynopsis
Shell of † Pterynopsis meridionalis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: †
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

  • † Pterynopsis meridionalis Lozouet, 1999
  • † Pterynopsis prosopeion E.H. Vokes, 1972
  • † Pterynopsis subcontabulata (Millet, 1854)

References

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  1. ^ 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


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