Pygmaepterys
| Pygmaepterys | |
|---|---|
| Shell of Pygmaepterys aturensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
| Genus: | Pygmaepterys E. H. Vokes, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| Murex alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pygmaepterys is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.