Pterynotus

Pterynotus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Pterynotus
Pterynotus alatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Muricinae
Genus:	Pterynotus Swainson, 1833
Type species
Murex pinnatus Swainson, 1822
Synonyms[1]
List Marchia Jousseaume, 1880 Murex (Pteronotus) Murex (Pterynotus) Pteronotus Swainson, 1833 Pterymarchia Houart, 1995 Pterymurex Rovereto, 1899 Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) Houart, 1995 Pterynotus (Pterynotus) Swainson, 1833

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Pterynotus:

• Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798)
• Pterynotus albobrunneus Bertsch & D'Attilio, 1980^[2]
• Pterynotus aparrii D'Attilio & Bertsch, 1980
• Pterynotus barclayanus (H. Adams, 1873)
• Pterynotus bibbeyi (Radwin & D'Attilio, 1976)
• Pterynotus bipinnatus (Reeve, 1845)
• Pterynotus bouteti Houart, 1990
• †Pterynotus denudatus (Deshayes, 1835)
• Pterynotus elaticus (Houart, 2000)
• Pterynotus elongatus (Lightfoot, 1786)
• †Pterynotus fusoides (Deshayes, 1865)
• Pterynotus laurae Houart, 1997
• Pterynotus martinetana (Röding, 1798)
• Pterynotus patagiatus (Hedley, 1912)
• Pterynotus pellucidus (Reeve, 1845)
• †Pterynotus pseuderinaceus (Boettger, 1902)
• †Pterynotus rembangensis (Wanner & Hahn, 1935)
• Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778)
• †Pterynotus wallacei (Pritchard, 1898)

Former species

• Pterynotus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816) reclassified as Pterochelus acanthopterus (Lamarck, 1816)
• Pterynotus akation E. H. Vokes, 1993 reclassified as Pterochelus akation (E. H. Vokes, 1993)
• Pterynotus angasi (Crosse, 1863) reclassified as Prototyphis angasi (Crosse, 1863)
• Pterynotus atlantideus Bouchet & Warén, 1985 reclassified as Timbellus atlantideus (Bouchet & Warén, 1985)
• Pterynotus bednalli (Brazier, 1878) reclassified as Timbellus bednalli (Brazier, 1878)
• †Pterynotus bifrons (Tate, 1888) reclassified as †Timbellus bifrons (Tate, 1888)
• Pterynotus brianbaileyi Mühlhäusser, 1984 reclassified as Chicoreus brianbaileyi (Mühlhäusser, 1984)
• Pterynotus bushae E. H. Vokes, 1970 synonymized with Timbellus phaneus (Dall, 1889)
• Pterynotus celinamarumai Kosuge, 1980 synonymized with Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
• Pterynotus cerinamarumai Kosuge, 1980 synonymized with Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
• Pterynotus concavopterus Kosuge, 1980 reclassified as Favartia concavoptera (Kosuge, 1980)
• †Pterynotus contabulatus (Lamarck, 1803) reclassified as †Pterochelus contabulatus (Lamarck, 1803)
• Pterynotus crauroptera Houart, 1991 reclassified as Timbellus crauroptera (Houart, 1991)
• †Pterynotus crenulatus (Röding, 1798) reclassified as †Timbellus crenulatus (Röding, 1798)
• †Pterynotus didymus (Tate, 1888) reclassified as †Timbellus didymus (Tate, 1888)
• Pterynotus duffusi (Iredale, 1936) reclassified as Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936
• Pterynotus emilyae Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007 reclassified as Timbellus emilyae (Espinosa, Ortea & Fernández-Garcés, 2007)
• †Pterynotus falsiornatus (Magne, 1940) synonymized with †Subpterynotus rhombicus (Meunier, 1880)
• Pterynotus fernandezi Houart, 2000 reclassified as Timbellus fernandezi (Houart, 2000)
• Pterynotus flemingi Beu, 1967 reclassified as Timbellus flemingi (Beu, 1967)
• Pterynotus fulgens Houart, 1988 reclassified as Timbellus fulgens (Houart, 1988)
• Pterynotus gambiensis (Reeve, 1845) reclassified as Purpurellus gambiensis (Reeve, 1845)
• Pterynotus gouldi A. Adams, 1863 reclassified as Ceratostoma burnettii (Reeve, 1849)
• Pterynotus guesti Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979 reclassified as Timbellus guesti (Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979)
• Pterynotus guillei Houart, 1985 synonymized with Chicoreus guillei Houart, 1985
• Pterynotus havanensis E. H. Vokes, 1970 reclassified as Timbellus havanensis (E. H. Vokes, 1970)
• †Pterynotus kaiparaensis C. A. Fleming, 1962 reclassified as †Timbellus kaiparaensis (C. A. Fleming, 1962)
• Pterynotus leucas (Locard, 1897) reclassified as Timbellus leucas (Locard, 1897)
• Pterynotus levii Houart, 1988 reclassified as Timbellus levii (Houart, 1988)
• Pterynotus lightbourni Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979 synonymized with Timbellus lightbourni (Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979)
• Pterynotus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1879) reclassified as Chicoreus loebbeckei (Kobelt, 1879)
• Pterynotus macleani W. K. Emerson & D'Attilio, 1969 reclassified as Purpurellus macleani (W. K. Emerson & D'Attilio, 1969)
• Pterynotus maraisi E. H. Vokes, 1978 reclassified as Pygmaepterys maraisi (E. H. Vokes, 1978)
• Pterynotus marshalli Houart, 1989 sreclassified as Timbellus marshalli (Houart, 1989)
• †Pterynotus micropterus (Deshayes, 1835) reclassified as †Timbellus micropterus (Deshayes, 1835)
• Pterynotus miyokoae Kosuge, 1979 reclassified as Chicoreus miyokoae (Kosuge, 1979)
• Pterynotus norfolkensis C. A. Fleming, 1962 reclassified as Tripterotyphis norfolkensis (C. A. Fleming, 1962)
• Pterynotus orchidiflorus Shikama, 1973 reclassified as Chicoreus orchidiflorus (Shikama, 1973)
• Pterynotus phaneus (Dall, 1889) reclassified as Timbellus phaneus (Dall, 1889)
• Pterynotus phillipsi E. H. Vokes, 1966 synonymized with Pterochelus duffusi Iredale, 1936
• Pterynotus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822) reclassified as Timbellus phyllopterus (Lamarck, 1822)
• Pterynotus pinnatus (Swainson, 1822) reclassified as Pterynotus alatus (Röding, 1798)
• Pterynotus pinniger (Broderip, 1833) reclassified as Purpurellus pinniger (Broderip, 1833)
• Pterynotus purpureus Azuma, 1976 synonymized with Pterynotus barclayanus (H. Adams, 1873)
• Pterynotus radwini Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979 reclassified as Timbellus radwini (Harasewych & R. H. Jensen, 1979)
• Pterynotus richeri Houart, 1987 reclassified as Timbellus richeri (Houart, 1987)
• Pterynotus rubidus Houart, 2001 reclassified as Timbellus rubidus (Houart, 2001)
• †Pterynotus sondeianus K. Martin, 1895 reclassified as †Chicoreus sondeianus (K. Martin, 1895)
• Pterynotus stenostoma Houart, 1991 reclassified as Timbellus stenostoma (Houart, 1991)
• Pterynotus swansoni Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 synonymized with Pteropurpura centrifuga (Hinds, 1844)
• Pterynotus triformis (Reeve, 1845) reclassified as Pterochelus triformis (Reeve, 1845)
• †Pterynotus tripteroides (Lamarck, 1822) reclassified as †Timbellus tripteroides (Lamarck, 1822)
• Pterynotus triqueter (Born, 1778) reclassified as Naquetia triqueter (Born, 1778)
• Pterynotus undosus E. H. Vokes, 1993 reclassified as Pterochelus undosus (E. H. Vokes, 1993)* †Pterynotus velificus (Tate, 1888) reclassified as †Timbellus velificus (Tate, 1888)
• Pterynotus vespertilio (Kira, 1959) reclassified as Timbellus vespertilio (Kira, 1959)
• Pterynotus westralis Ponder & B. R. Wilson, 1973 reclassified as Pterochelus westralis (Ponder & B. R. Wilson, 1973)
• Pterynotus xenos Harasewych, 1982 reclassified as Timbellus xenos (Harasewych, 1982)
• Pterynotus zealandicus (Hutton, 1873) reclassified as Ponderia zealandica (Hutton, 1873)