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]

Flexopteron poppei
Shell of Flexopteron poppei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricinae
Genus:
Flexopteron
Species:
F. poppei
Binomial name
Flexopteron poppei
(Houart, 1993)
Synonyms[1]
  • Paziella (Flexopteron) poppei (Houart, 1993)
  • Paziella poppei (Houart, 1993)
  • Poirieria (Flexopteron) poppei Houart, 1993

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
  1. 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
  • 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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