Pygmaepterys germainae

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = Pygmaepterys germainae (MNHN-IM-2018-10283).jpeg | image_caption = Shell of ''Pygmaepterys germainae'' (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | genus = Pygmaepterys | species = germainae | authority = (Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Favartia (Murexiella) lafayettei'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2017 * ''Favartia (Pygmaepterys) germainae'' (Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980) * ''Favartia germainae'' (E. H. Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980) * ''Favartia lafayettei'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2017 }}

'''''Pygmaepterys germainae''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.<ref name="WoRMS">{MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Pygmaepterys germainae E. H. Vokes & D'Attilio, 1980. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=408034 on 2020-11-21</ref>

==Distribution== This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico and Martinique.

==References== {{Reflist}} * Vokes E.H. & D'Attilio A. (1980). Pygmaepterys, a newly described taxon of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), with the description of three new species from the Cenozoic of the Western Atlantic. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 16: 45-54, 2 pls. * Espinosa J. & Ortea J. (2017). Dos nuevas especies de la familia Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) de la isla de Martinica, Antillas Menores. Avicennia. 20: 41-44. * Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.

germainae Category:Gastropods described in 1980 Category:Taxa named by Anthony D'Attilio