Flexopteron poppei
Flexopteron poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Shell of Flexopteron poppei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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Flexopteron poppei (Houart, 1993) | |
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 52 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Flexopteron poppei (Houart, 1993). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853377 on 2021-12-20
- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 169
External links
- Houart, R. & Héros, V. (2015). New species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zoosystema. 37 (3): 481-503
- "Poirieria (Flexopteron) poppei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
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