Poropteron

Genus of sea snails

Poropteron
Shell of Poropteron transkeianus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Poropteron
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Murex uncinarius
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880

Poropteron is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

  • Poropteron debruini (Lorenz, 1989)
  • Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1943)
  • Poropteron multicornis (Houart, 1991)
  • Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879)
  • Poropteron transkeianus (Houart, 1991)
  • Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822)

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459516 on 2022-02-06

External links

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  • Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338
  • Jousseaume, F. (1882). Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 7: 314-348
  • 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
Taxon identifiers
Poropteron


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