Flexopteron poppei

Flexopteron poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.^[1]

Flexopteron poppei
Shell of Flexopteron poppei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Flexopteron
Species:	F. poppei
Binomial name
Flexopteron poppei (Houart, 1993)
Synonyms[1]
Paziella (Flexopteron) poppei (Houart, 1993) Paziella poppei (Houart, 1993) Poirieria (Flexopteron) poppei Houart, 1993

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines.