Pterochelus ariomus

Pterochelus ariomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Pterochelus
Species: P. ariomus
Binomial name
Pterochelus ariomus
(Clench & Farfante, 1945)
Synonyms[1]

Murex (Pterynotus) ariomus Clench & Farfante, 1945
Murex helenae Verrill, 1953

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

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