Calagrassor poppei

Calagrassor poppei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Eosiphonidae
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 Eosiphonidae, the true whelks and their allies.[2]

Description

A carnivorous and predatory [3] sea snail found in the Philippines, this mollusk has a shell size that averages 16.6mm (0.65 inches) [4]

Common name: Poppe's delicate whelk[5] named for Guido T. Poppe, conchologist and museum-quality collector, photographer, and author active in the field since childhood.

The species is known to attain a size of 50+ mm. An operculum is present.

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. ^ a b 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. ^ Kantor, Yu.I.; Puillandre, N.; Fraussen, K.; Fedosov, A.E.; Bouchet, P. (2013). "Deep-water Buccinidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from sunken wood, vents and seeps: Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 93 (8): 2177–2195. doi:10.1017/S0025315413000672. S2CID 86464609.
  4. ^ "BUCCINIDAE, Calagrassor poppei | Conchology".
  5. ^ "BUCCINIDAE, Calagrassor poppei | Conchology".
  • Fraussen K. 2001. A new Eosipho (Buccinidae) from the Philippine Islands. Gloria Maris 39(5–6) : 90–97
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