Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonyms: Murex (Pteronotus) pygmaeus Bush 1893, Murex (Pterynotus) pygmaeus Bush 1893

Full reference: E. H. Vokes. 1970. Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part V - Pterynotus and Poirieria. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(1):1-50

Belongs to Pterynotus (Pterynotus) according to E. H. Vokes 1970

Sister taxa: Pterynotus (Pterynotus) burnsii, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) hoerlei, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) matthewsensis, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) micropterus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) phaneus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) pinnatus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) posti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) propeposti, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) rufirupicolus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) sabinola, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) stenzeli, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) washingtonicus, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) weisbordi

Type specimens:

• Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae: MCZ 6918, a shell
• Murex (Pterynotus) pygmaeus:

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterynotus (Pterynotus) bushae in the database

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