Roperia poulsoni

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Roperia poulsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Roperia
Species:
R. poulsoni
Binomial name
Roperia poulsoni
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms [1]
  • 'Fusus roperiDall, 1898
  • Ocenebra poulsoniCarpenter, 1864

Roperia poulsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. [1]

Roperia poulsoni is the only species in the genus Roperia. [2]

Ocenebra poulsoni is the basionym, but this species has been placed in a separate genus because of its distinctive radula.


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References

  1. 1 2 Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  2. Roperia Dall, 1898 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 12 December 2010.