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Flexopteron

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

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
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Specimen records
16
With media
3
Family
Muricidae
Collections
MNHN
Recorded in
France

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Muricinae
Image
Flexopteron akainakares (MNHN-IM-2000-30012).jpeg
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taxon name
Flexopteron
taxon rank
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Flexopteron is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

==Species== Species within the genus Flexopteron include: Flexopteron akainakares Houart & Héros, 2015 Flexopteron oliverai (Kosuge, 1984) † Flexopteron philippinensis Shuto, 1969 Flexopteron poppei (Houart, 1993) Flexopteron primanova (Houart, 1985)

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