Pygmaepterys aliceae
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| genus = Pygmaepterys
| species = aliceae
| authority = (Petuch, 1987)
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- Favartia (Pygmaepterys) aliceae (Petuch, 1987)
- Favartia aliceae (Petuch, 1987)
- Muricopsis aliceae Petuch, 1987
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Pygmaepterys aliceae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys aliceae (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325527 on 2020-11-21
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, elongated, with high, elevated spire; 6 fimbriated varices per whorl; varices with 6 short, bladelike serrations; intervarical areas and backs of varices of body whorl with 6 large, raised, fimbriated spiral cords; inside of lip with 6 large denticles; shell color pure white (holotype encrusted with the red foraminiferan Homotrema rubrum)."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 100. Publ: CERF
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Bonaire Isl., Netherlands Antilles."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 100. Publ: CERF
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Bonaire.
References
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- Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1987
Category:Gastropods of Bonaire
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