Pygmaepterys richardbinghami

Pygmaepterys richardbinghami
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricopsinae
Genus:	Pygmaepterys
Species:	P. richardbinghami
Binomial name
	Pygmaepterys richardbinghami; (Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms
	Favartia (Pygmaepterys) richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987); Favartia richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987); Muricopsis richardbinghami Petuch, 1987;

Pygmaepterys richardbinghami is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Description[]

The shell size is 17 mm

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Eastern Florida

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys richardbinghami (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419953 on 2020-11-21

Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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