Calagrassor poppei

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Calagrassor poppei
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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]
  • Colus ryukyuensisLan, 2002
  • Eosipho poppeiFraussen, 2001 (original combination)

Calagrassor poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies. [2]

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Description

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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References

  1. Fraussen (2001). Gloria Maris 39 (5–6) : 90–97. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Calagrassor poppei (Fraussen, 2001). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744013 on 2014-12-04
  3. Kantor, Yu.I.; Puillandre, N.; Fraussen, K.; Fedosov, A.E.; Bouchet, P. (2013). "Deep-water Buccinidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from sunken wood, vents and seeps: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 93 (8): 2177–2195. doi:10.1017/S0025315413000672. S2CID   86464609.
  4. "BUCCINIDAE, Calagrassor poppei | Conchology".
  5. "BUCCINIDAE, Calagrassor poppei | Conchology".