Poropteron quinquelobatus

Poropteron quinquelobatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Poropteron
Species:	P. quinquelobatus
Binomial name
	Poropteron quinquelobatus; (G.B. Sowerby II, 1879)
Synonyms
	Murex quinquelobatusG.B. Sowerby II, 1879t; Pteropurpura (Poropteron) joosteiLorenz, 1990; Pteropurpura (Poropteron) quinquelobata(G. B. Sowerby II, 1879); Pteropurpura joosteiLorenz, 1990; Pteropurpura quinquelobata(G. B. Sowerby II, 1879);

Last updated October 06, 2025

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

References

1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992995 on 2022-02-25

Lorenz, F. (1990). Further notes on South African Muricidae. La Conchiglia. 256: 12-17.

External links

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

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Poropteron quinquelobatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992995 on 2022-02-25

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