WoRMS taxon details
Pygmaepterys funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899)
1325979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1325979)
accepted
Species
Favartia (Pygmaepterys) funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899) · unaccepted
Favartia funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899) · unaccepted
Murex funafutiensis Hedley, 1899 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Murex funafutiensis Hedley, 1899) Hedley, C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33592636
page(s): 458, fig. 35 [details]
page(s): 458, fig. 35 [details]
Type locality contained in Tuvaluan Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Tuvaluan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys funafutiensis (Hedley, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325979 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Murex funafutiensis Hedley, 1899) Hedley, C. (1899). The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part I - Gasteropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum. 3(7): 395-488, pl. 27., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33592636
page(s): 458, fig. 35 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 388, pl. 110 fig. 5; note: holotype illustrated [details]
page(s): 458, fig. 35 [details]
basis of record Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.
page(s): 388, pl. 110 fig. 5; note: holotype illustrated [details]
Other
additional source
D'Attilio, A. & Myers, B. W. (1985). A new species of Pygmaepterys Vokes from the western Pacific (Gastropoda: Muricidae). The Nautilus. 99(1): 9-13, figs. 1-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8276653 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Type locality
- type locality contained in Tuvaluan Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
