Pterynotus martinetana

Pterynotus martinetana, common name : the fenestrate murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Pterynotus martinetana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pterynotus
Species:	P. martinetana
Binomial name
Pterynotus martinetana (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
List Murex fenestella Schröter, 1805 Murex fenestratus Dillwyn, L.W., 1817 Pterymarchia martinetana (Roding, 1798) Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) martinetanus (Röding, 1798) Purpura martinetana Röding, 1798

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This wide-ranging species is found in the Red Sea -and in the Pacific Ocean in the Philippines, in Hawaii and the Ryukyus, Japan.