WoRMS taxon details
Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786)
AphiaID: 406217
AphiaID: 406217
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricoidea (Superfamily) > Muricidae (Family) > Muricinae (Subfamily) > Pterynotus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Pterynotus Swainson, 1833 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Marchia elongata (Lightfoot, 1786) Murex clavus Kiener, 1842 (synonym) Murex draco Röding, 1798 (synonym) Murex elongatus Lightfoot, 1786 (original combination) Pterynotus (Pterynotus) elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786) | |||||||
| Sources |
from synonym: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 121 [details] [view taxon] identification resource: Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. Pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp. [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Mascarene Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:406217 | |||||||
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| Citation: Houart, R. (2013). Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=406217 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||
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