Roperia poulsoni (P.P.Carpenter, 1864) is a animal in the Muricidae family, order Neogastropoda, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Roperia poulsoni (P.P.Carpenter, 1864)

Roperia poulsoni (P.P.Carpenter, 1864)

Roperia poulsoni is the only species in the Roperia genus, a murex family marine sea snail first named Ocenebra poulsoni.

Family
Genus
Roperia
Order
Neogastropoda
Class
Gastropoda

About Roperia poulsoni (P.P.Carpenter, 1864)

Roperia poulsoni is a species of sea snail. It is a marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to Muricidae, the family of murex snails also known as rock snails. Roperia poulsoni is the only species classified within the genus Roperia. Its basionym is Ocenebra poulsoni, and this species was moved to its own separate genus due to its distinctive radula.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Neogastropoda Muricidae Roperia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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