Flexopteron is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Flexopteron
Shell of Flexopteron akainakares (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricinae
Genus: Flexopteron
Shuto, 1969
Type species
Flexopteron philippinensis Shuto, 1969
Synonyms[1]
  • Paziella (Flexopteron) Shuto, 1969
  • Poirieria (Flexopteron) Shuto, 1969

Species

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Species within the genus Flexopteron include:

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Flexopteron Shuto, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564696 on 2020-11-25
  • Shuto, T. 1969. Neogene gastropods from Panay Island, the Philippines. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of Southeast Asia, LXVII. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, series D, Geology 19(1):1-250, 43 figs., 24 pls. page(s): 111
  • Houart R. (2014). Living Muricidae of the world. Muricinae. Murex, Promurex, Haustellum, Bolinus, Vokesimurex and Siratus. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 197 pp.
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