Calagrassor poppei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Eosiphonidae |
Genus: | Calagrassor |
Species: | C. poppei |
Binomial name | |
Calagrassor poppei (Fraussen, 2001) [1] | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Calagrassor poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies. [2]
A carnivorous and predatory [3] sea snail found in the Philippines, this mollusk has a shell size that averages 16.6mm (0.65 inches) [4]
Common name: Poppe's delicate whelk [5] named for Guido T. Poppe, conchologist and museum-quality collector, photographer, and author active in the field since childhood.
The species is known to attain a size of 50+ mm. An operculum is present.
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
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