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Poirieria

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Poirieria
Apertural view of a shell of Poirieria zelandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Pagodulinae
Genus: Poirieria
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Murex zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Bathymurex Clench & Farfante, 1945
  • Dallimurex Rehder, 1946
  • Paziella Jousseaume, 1880

Poirieria is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the rock snails.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Poirieria include:

Synonymized species

References

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  1. ^ a b Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2010). Poirieria Jousseaume, 1880. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138203 on 2011-04-2
  • Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-85467-054-8
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 1995. A revision of the genus Poirieria Jousseaume, 1880 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) with description of a new species. The Nautilus 108: 27 - 33.
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