''Pygmaepterys yemenensis'' 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 yemenensis Houart & Wranik, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408800 on 2020-11-21]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the
Gulf of Aden
The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...
.
References
External links
Houart R. & Wranik W. (1989). Description of two new species of the genus Pygmaepterys Vokes, 1978 and report of Typhis (Talityphis) bengalensis (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976) (Gastropoda: Muricidae), from the Gulf of Aden. Apex. 4(4): 85-90
yemenensis
Gastropods described in 1989
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