Flexopteron primanova

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| image_caption = Shell of Flexopteron primanova (holotype at MNHN, Paris)

| genus = Flexopteron

| species = primanova

| authority = (Houart, 1985)

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| synonyms =

  • Paziella (Flexopteron) primanova (Houart, 1985)
  • Paziella primanova (Houart, 1985)
  • Poirieria (Flexopteron) primanova Houart, 1985

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Flexopteron primanova 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 primanova (Houart, 1985). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=853376 on 2021-12-20

Description

The length of an adult shell attains 15 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

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