Pterynotus

Pterynotus
Pterynotus alatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Pterynotus Swainson, 1833
Type species
Murex pinnatus Swainson, 1822
Synonyms[1]
List Marchia Jousseaume, 1880 Murex (Pteronotus) Murex (Pterynotus) Pteronotus Swainson, 1833 Pterymarchia Houart, 1995 Pterymurex Rovereto, 1899 Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) Houart, 1995 Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Swainson, 1833

Pterynotus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Pterynotus:

Former species

• Pterynotus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816) reclassified as Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816)
• Pterynotus akation E. H. Vokes, 1993 reclassified as Pterochelus akation (E. H. Vokes, 1993)
• Pterynotus angasi (Crosse, 1863) reclassified as Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863)
• Pterynotus atlantideus Bouchet & Warén, 1985 reclassified as Timbellus atlantideus (Bouchet & Warén, 1985)
• Pterynotus bednalli (Brazier, 1878) reclassified as Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878)
• †Pterynotus bifrons (Tate, 1888) reclassified as †Timbellus bifrons (Tate, 1888)
• Pterynotus brianbaileyi Mühlhäusser, 1984 reclassified as Chicoreus brianbaileyi (Mühlhäusser, 1984)
• Pterynotus bushae E. H. Vokes, 1970 synonymized with Timbellus phaneus (Dall, 1889)
• Pterynotus celinamarumai Kosuge, 1980 synonymized with Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
• Pterynotus cerinamarumai Kosuge, 1980 synonymized with Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
• Pterynotus concavopterus Kosuge, 1980 reclassified as Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980)
• †Pterynotus contabulatus (Lamarck, 1803) reclassified as †Pterochelus contabulatus (Lamarck, 1803)
• Pterynotus crauroptera Houart, 1991 reclassified as Timbellus crauroptera (Houart, 1991)
• †Pterynotus crenulatus (Röding, 1798) reclassified as †Timbellus crenulatus (Röding, 1798)
• †Pterynotus didymus (Tate, 1888) reclassified as †Timbellus didymus (Tate, 1888)
• Pterynotus duffusi (Iredale, 1936) reclassified as Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936
• Pterynotus emilyae Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007 reclassified as Timbellus emilyae (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007)
• †Pterynotus falsiornatus (Magne, 1940) synonymized with †Subpterynotus rhombicus (Meunier, 1880)
• Pterynotus fernandezi Houart, 2000 reclassified as Timbellus fernandezi (Houart, 2000)
• Pterynotus flemingi Beu, 1967 reclassified as Timbellus flemingi (Beu, 1967)
• Pterynotus fulgens Houart, 1988 reclassified as Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988)
• Pterynotus gambiensis (Reeve, 1845) reclassified as Purpurellus gambiensis (Reeve, 1845)
• Pterynotus gouldi A. Adams, 1863 reclassified as Ceratostoma burnettii (Reeve, 1849)
• Pterynotus guesti Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979 reclassified as Timbellus guesti (Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979)
• Pterynotus guillei Houart, 1985 synonymized with Chicoreus guillei Houart, 1985
• Pterynotus havanensis E. H. Vokes, 1970 reclassified as Timbellus havanensis (E. H. Vokes, 1970)
• †Pterynotus kaiparaensis C. A. Fleming, 1962 reclassified as †Timbellus kaiparaensis (C. A. Fleming, 1962)
• Pterynotus leucas (Locard, 1897) reclassified as Timbellus leucas (Locard, 1897)
• Pterynotus levii Houart, 1988 reclassified as Timbellus levii (Houart, 1988)
• Pterynotus lightbourni Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979 synonymized with Timbellus lightbourni (Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979)
• Pterynotus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1879) reclassified as Chicoreus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1879)
• Pterynotus macleani W. K. Emerson & D'Attilio, 1969 reclassified as Purpurellus macleani (W. K. Emerson & D'Attilio, 1969)
• Pterynotus maraisi E. H. Vokes, 1978 reclassified as Pygmaepterys maraisi (E. H. Vokes, 1978)
• Pterynotus marshalli Houart, 1989 sreclassified as Timbellus marshalli (Houart, 1989)
• †Pterynotus micropterus (Deshayes, 1835) reclassified as †Timbellus micropterus (Deshayes, 1835)
• Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979 reclassified as Chicoreus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979)
• Pterynotus norfolkensis C. A. Fleming, 1962 reclassified as Tripterotyphis norfolkensis (C. A. Fleming, 1962)
• Pterynotus orchidiflorus Shikama, 1973 reclassified as Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
• Pterynotus phaneus (Dall, 1889) reclassified as Timbellus phaneus (Dall, 1889)
• Pterynotus phillipsi E. H. Vokes, 1966 synonymized with Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936
• Pterynotus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822) reclassified as Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Pterynotus pinnatus (Swainson, 1822) reclassified as Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798)
• Pterynotus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) reclassified as Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833)
• Pterynotus purpureus Azuma, 1976 synonymized with Pterynotus barclayanus (H. Adams, 1873)
• Pterynotus radwini Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979 reclassified as Timbellus radwini (Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979)
• Pterynotus richeri Houart, 1987 reclassified as Timbellus richeri (Houart, 1987)
• Pterynotus rubidus Houart, 2001 reclassified as Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001)
• †Pterynotus sondeianus K. Martin, 1895 reclassified as †Chicoreus sondeianus (K. Martin, 1895)
• Pterynotus stenostoma Houart, 1991 reclassified as Timbellus stenostoma (Houart, 1991)
• Pterynotus swansoni Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 synonymized with Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)
• Pterynotus triformis (Reeve, 1845) reclassified as Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845)
• †Pterynotus tripteroides (Lamarck, 1822) reclassified as †Timbellus tripteroides (Lamarck, 1822)
• Pterynotus triqueter (Born, 1778) reclassified as Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778)
• Pterynotus undosus E. H. Vokes, 1993 reclassified as Pterochelus undosus (E. H. Vokes, 1993)* †Pterynotus velificus (Tate, 1888) reclassified as †Timbellus velificus (Tate, 1888)
• Pterynotus vespertilio (Kira, 1959) reclassified as Timbellus vespertilio (Kira, 1959)
• Pterynotus westralis Ponder & B. R. Wilson, 1973 reclassified as Pterochelus westralis (Ponder & B. R. Wilson, 1973)
• Pterynotus xenos Harasewych, 1982 reclassified as Timbellus xenos (Harasewych, 1982)
• Pterynotus zealandicus (Hutton, 1873) reclassified as Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873)

References

• Ponder, W.F. (1972). "Notes on some Australian genera and species of the family Muricidae (Neogastropoda)". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2: 215–248.
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). "All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia". In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
• Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp.

External links

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• Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). "Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés". Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335–338
• Houart, R. (1995). "Pterymarchia n. gen. and Vaughtia n. gen., two new muricid genera (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae and Ocenebrinae)". Apex. 10 (4): 127–136
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). "Mollusca". In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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