Pterochelus triformis

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

Pterochelus triformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pterochelus
Species:	P. triformis
Binomial name
Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Murex alatus Sowerby, 1834 Murex triformis Reeve, 1845

Description

This sea snail is generally white shading to brown. The opening is shaped like an oval, with a complex series of channels extending throughout.

They are predatory, drilling holes into the shells of organisms such as clams and barnacles to feed.^[2]