Roperia poulsoni
| Roperia poulsoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Roperia |
| Species: | R. poulsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864)
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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.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Roperia poulsoni (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Roperia Dall, 1898. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2010.
External links
[edit]- "Roperia poulsoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
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