Pterynotus tripterus

Pterynotus tripterus, commonly known as the three-winged murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Pterynotus tripterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Pterynotus
Species:	P. tripterus
Binomial name
Pterynotus tripterus (Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
Murex tripterus Born, 1778 Pterymarchia triptera (Born, 1778) Pterynotus (Pterymarchia) tripterus (Born, 1778)

Description

The shell size varies between 40 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the western Pacific Ocean.