Pagodula poirieria

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

Pagodula poirieria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Pagodulinae
Genus:
Pagodula
Species:
P. poirieria
Binomial name
Pagodula poirieria
(Powell, 1951)
Synonyms[1]

Trophon poirieria Powell, 1951 (basionym)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

This is a marine species distributed along the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.

References
  1. Pagodula poirieria (Powell, 1951). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 May 2011.
  • Marshall B.A. & Houart R. (2011) The genus Pagodula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Muricidae) in Australia, the New Zealand region and the Tasman Sea. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54(1): 89–114. [Published March 2011] page(s): 114


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