Prototyphis eos

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

Prototyphis eos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Prototyphis
Species:	P. eos
Binomial name
Prototyphis eos (Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
Murex bipunctatus Sowerby, 1879 Murex eos Hutton, 1873 (basionym)

There are two subspecies :

• Prototyphis eos eos (Hutton, 1873)
• Prototyphis eos paupereques (Powell, 1974) (synonym : Prototyphis paupereques (Powell, 1974))

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is found in Australia and Northern New Zealand.