Pterochelus triformis

Pterochelus triformis
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. triformis
Binomial name
Pterochelus triformis
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]

Murex alatus Sowerby, 1834
Murex triformis Reeve, 1845

Pterochelus triformis 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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