Poropteron

Poropteron
Shell of Poropteron transkeianus (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ocenebrinae
Genus: Poropteron
Jousseaume, 1880
Type species
Murex uncinarius
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880
  • Pteropurpura (Poropteron) Jousseaume, 1880

Poropteron is a genus of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the subfamily Ocenebrinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

General characteristics

(Original description in French) The shell is somewhat triangular in shape, with a fairly elevated pyramidal spire. The whorls are ornamented with three thick, lamellar varices, crenellated by projecting, grooved ribs and ending posteriorly in a rather long spine curved like a hook. The aperture is oval, with continuous and detached margins, while the siphonal canal is short and closed. [2]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Poropteron Jousseaume, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459516 on 2022-02-06
  2. ↑ Jousseaume, F. (1882). Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. ser. 3, 7: 314-348 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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