Flexopteron poppei
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| image = Flexopteron poppei (MNHN-IM-2000-947).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Flexopteron poppei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
| genus = Flexopteron
| species = poppei
| authority = (Houart, 1993)
| synonyms =
- Paziella (Flexopteron) poppei (Houart, 1993)
- Paziella poppei (Houart, 1993)
- Poirieria (Flexopteron) poppei Houart, 1993
}}
Flexopteron poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.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
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 52 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.
References
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- Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 169
External links
- [https://doi.org/10.5252/z2015n3a4 Houart, R. & Héros, V. (2015). New species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zoosystema. 37 (3): 481-503]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=6|id=7736|title=Poirieria (Flexopteron) poppei|access-date=29 April 2011}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1993
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