Pagodula poirieria

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

Trophon poirieria Powell, 1951 (basionym)

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

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. 1.0 1.1 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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