''Pygmaepterys lourdesae'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys lourdesae J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408798 on 2020-11-21]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off
Venezuela.
References
External links
Gibson-Smith J. & Gibson-Smith W. (1983). New Recent gastropod species from Venezuela and a bivalve range extension. The Veliger. 25(3): 177-181
lourdesae
Gastropods described in 1983
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