WoRMS taxon details
Pygmaepterys avatea (Houart & Tröndlé, 2008)
1325533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1325533)
accepted
Species
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) avatea Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 · unaccepted (basionym)
Favartia avatea Houart & Tröndlé, 2008 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Favartia (Pygmaepterys) avatea Houart & Tröndlé, 2008) Houart, R. & Tröndlé, J. (2008). Update of Muricidae (excluding Coralliophilinae) from French Polynesia with description of ten new species. <em>Novapex.</em> 9 (2-3): 53-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42352829
page(s): 67, figs 69-72 [details]
page(s): 67, figs 69-72 [details]
Type locality contained in Austral Islands
type locality contained in Austral Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys avatea (Houart & Tröndlé, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325533 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Favartia (Pygmaepterys) avatea Houart & Tröndlé, 2008) Houart, R. & Tröndlé, J. (2008). Update of Muricidae (excluding Coralliophilinae) from French Polynesia with description of ten new species. <em>Novapex.</em> 9 (2-3): 53-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42352829
page(s): 67, figs 69-72 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 386, pl. 109 fig. 5; note: holotype illustrated; as Pygmaepterys avateus; Avatea is a noun in apposition [details]
page(s): 67, figs 69-72 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). <i>Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae</i>. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 386, pl. 109 fig. 5; note: holotype illustrated; as Pygmaepterys avateus; Avatea is a noun in apposition [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
