Roperia poulsoni
Appearance
Roperia poulsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Muricidae |
Genus: | Roperia |
Species: | R. poulsoni
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Binomial name | |
Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Roperia poulsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Roperia poulsoni is the only species in the genus Roperia.[2]
Ocenebra poulsoni is the basionym, but this species has been placed in a separate genus because of its distinctive radula.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Roperia Dall, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2010.
External links
[edit]- "Roperia poulsoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 December 2010.