Roperia poulsoni

Roperia poulsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus:
Species:
R. poulsoni
Binomial name
Roperia poulsoni
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus roperi Dall, 1898
  • Ocenebra poulsoni Carpenter, 1864

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

  1. ^ a b Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ Roperia Dall, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2010.
  • "Roperia poulsoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 December 2010.


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