Poropteron graagae

Poropteron graagae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Poropteron
Species:	P. graagae
Binomial name
Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1943)
Synonyms [1]
Murex mitriformisG.B. Sowerby II, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Murex mitriformis Wood, 1828; Pteropurpura incurvispinaKilburn, 1970, is a replacement name) Pteropurpura (Poropteron) graagae(Coen, 1943) Pteropurpura (Poropteron) incurvispinaKilburn, 1970 Pteropurpura graagae(Coen, 1943) Pteropurpura incurvispina(Kilburn, 1970) Tritonalia graagaeCoen, 1943

Poropteron graagae, common name the stag shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species lives under rocks, 5–10 m. depth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Poropteron graagae (Coen, 1943). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992993 on 2022-02-25

External links

• Kilburn R.N. (1970). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca, I. Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. 8(4): 39-48.
• Sowerby, G. B. I; Sowerby, G. B. II. (1832-1841). The conchological illustrations or, Coloured figures of all the hitherto unfigured recent shells. London, privately published.
• 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