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 averages 16.6mm (0.65 inches) [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

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