Calagrassor poppei

Calagrassor poppei
Calagrassor poppei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Buccinidae
Genus: Calagrassor
Species: C. poppei
Binomial name
Calagrassor poppei
( Fraussen, 2001)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Colus ryukyuensis Lan, 2002
  • Eosipho poppei Fraussen, 2001 (original combination)

Calagrassor poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.[2]

Description

A carnivorous and predatory [3] sea snail found in the Philippines, this mollusk has a shell size that varies between 16.6mm and .65 inch [4] Classification: Biota (Superdomain) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Buccinidae (Family) > Calagrassor (Genus) > Calagrassor poppei (Species) > [5]

Common Family: Neptunes, Whelks and Allies Common Name: Poppe’s Delicate Whelk [6] named for Guido T. Poppe, conchologist and museum-quality collector, photographer, and author active in the field since childhood.

Mollusk Shell Facts

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. ↑ Fraussen (2001). Gloria Maris 39 (5-6) : 90-97. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2014). Calagrassor poppei (Fraussen, 2001). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744013 on 2014-12-04
  3. ↑ http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259437865_Deep-water_Buccinidae_(Gastropoda_Neogastropoda)_from_sunken_wood_vents_and_seeps_molecular_phylogeny_and_taxonomy
  4. ↑ http://www.conchology.be/?t=68&u=643205&g=2c4bae58422ac89e26d3591b3b1dd896&q=8fc9abc351d7966707717f9bfadfca17
  5. ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744013
  6. ↑ http://www.conchology.be/?t=68&u=287205&g=d5569357860f8676bdb85985d96c25f2&q=faa3a0dc18ad567c439db51a6d1c7c0d

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