Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Alternative combinations: Murex (Pteropurpura) posti, Pteropurpura postii, Purpura (Pteropurpura) posti
Belongs to Pterynotus (Pterynotus) according to E. H. Vokes 1970
See also Dall 1903
Sister taxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus) burnsii, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) micropterus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phaneus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) propeposti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) stenzeli, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi
Type specimen: USNM 130349, a shell
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterynotus (Pterynotus) posti in the database
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