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Poropteron uncinarius

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Species of gastropod

Poropteron uncinarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Poropteron
Species: P. uncinarius
Binomial name
Poropteron uncinarius
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Murex capensis G.B. Sowerby II, 1841
  • Murex uncinarius Lamarck, 1822
  • Pteropurpura (Poropteron) uncinaria (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Pteropurpura capensis (Sowerby II, 1841)
  • Pteropurpura uncinaria

Poropteron uncinarius is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Description

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Distribution

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References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Poropteron uncinarius (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992997 on 2022-02-25
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 82
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
  • Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Poropteron uncinarius
Pteropurpura uncinaria


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