Poropteron multicornis
Appearance
Poropteron multicornis | |
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Shell of Poropteron multicornis (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Poropteron |
Species: | P. multicornis
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Binomial name | |
Poropteron multicornis (Houart, 1991)
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Synonyms | |
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Poropteron multicornis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off East London, South Africa
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Poropteron multicornis (Houart, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992994 on 2022-02-25
External links
[edit]- Houart, R. (1991). Description of four new species of Muricidae from southern Africa with range extensions and a review of the subgenus Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880 (Ocenebrinae). Apex. 6 (3-4): 59-76
- Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 322-335