Paziella poppei

Paziella poppei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Paziella
Species: P. poppei
Binomial name
Paziella poppei
(Houart, 1993)
Synonyms[1]
  • Paziella (Flexopteron) poppei (Houart, 1993)
  • Poirieria (Flexopteron) poppei Houart, 1993

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Paziella poppei (Houart, 1993).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2011.
  • Merle D., Garrigues B. & Pointier J.-P. (2011) Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world. Part Muricinae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 648 pp. page(s): 169


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