Flexopteron

Flexopteron
Shell of Flexopteron akainakares (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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
Paziella (Flexopteron) Shuto, 1969 Poirieria (Flexopteron) Shuto, 1969

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)

References

• 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.

External links

• Houart R. & Héros V. (2015). New species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Western Indian Ocean. Zoosystema. 37(3): 481-503
• Barco, A.; Marshall, B.; Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81(4): 476-488