Poropteron transkeianus

Poropteron transkeianus
Shell of Poropteron transkeianus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Poropteron
Species:	P. transkeianus
Binomial name
Poropteron transkeianus (Houart, 1991)
Synonyms
Pteropurpura (Poropteron) transkeianaHouart, 1991 (basionym) Pteropurpura transkeianaHouart, 1991 (original combination)

Poropteron transkeianus 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 occurs off Natal, South Africa.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Poropteron transkeianus (Houart, 1991). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=992996 on 2022-02-25

External links

• Houart, R. (1991). Description of four new species of Muricidae from southern Africa with range extensions and a review of the subgenus Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880 (Ocenebrinae). Apex. 6 (3-4): 59-76
• 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