Pterynotus tripterus, commonly known as the three-winged murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Description The shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm
Distribution This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the western Pacific Ocean.
References
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 124
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