Poropteron uncinarius

Species of gastropod

Poropteron uncinarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Ocenebrinae
Genus:
Poropteron
Species:
P. uncinarius
Binomial name
Poropteron uncinarius
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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 mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b 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.

External links

  • Lamarck, [J.-B. M. de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp.]
  • 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 uncinarius
Pteropurpura uncinaria


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