Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Invalid subtaxa: Murex (Pteronotus) tristichus Dall 1889 [replaced name], Pteropurpura tristicha Dall 1889 [replaced name], Pterynotus (Pterynotus) tristichus Dall 1889 [replaced name]
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) bushae, Pterynotus (Pterynotus) crenulatus, 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) havanensis: MCZ 7308, a shell
- Murex (Pteronotus) tristichus: MCZ 7308, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterynotus (Pterynotus) havanensis in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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