Pterynotus elongatus Clavus Murex, Rudder Murex, Club Murex

Pterynotus elongatus is commonly referred to as Clavus Murex, Rudder Murex, Club Murex. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

16483 

AphiaID:

406217 

Scientific:

Pterynotus elongatus 

German:

Ruder-Stachelschnecke, Keulen-Stachelschnecke 

English:

Clavus Murex, Rudder Murex, Club Murex 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Muricidae (Family) > Pterynotus (Genus) > elongatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

([Lightfoot], ), 1786 

Occurrence:

French Polynesia, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Caledonia, Philippines, Red Sea, South-Africa 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

8 - 183 Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

1.18" - 3.54" (3cm - 9,4cm) 

Weight:

10 g 

Temperature:

23,3 °F - 28,2 °F (23,3°C - 28,2°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, No reliable information available 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Pterynotus alatus
• Pterynotus albobrunneus
• Pterynotus aparrii
• Pterynotus barclayanus
• Pterynotus bibbeyi
• Pterynotus bipinnatus
• Pterynotus bouteti
• Pterynotus elaticus
• 
  Pterynotus elongatus
  Ruder-Stachelschnecke, Keulen-Stachelschnecke
• Pterynotus laurae
• Pterynotus martinetanus
• Pterynotus patagiatus
• 
  Pterynotus pellucidus
  Durchscheinende Stachelschnecke, Durchsichtige Murex
• Pterynotus tripterus
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-05-11 12:44:27 

Last edit:

2024-05-11 12:56:13 

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