Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Muricoidea Subfamily Ocenebrinae Scientific name Roperia poulsoni Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Family Muricidae Genus Roperia
Dall, 1898 Phylum Mollusca | |
Similar Ocinebrina, Favartia, Muricopsis, Ocenebra, Pterynotus | ||
Roperia poulsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Roperia poulsoni is the only species in the genus Roperia.
Ocenebra poulsoni is the basionym, but this species has been placed in a separate genus because of its distinctive radula.
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