original description
Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> 2(42): 335-338., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33928744
page(s): 335 [details]
additional source
Jousseaume, F. (1882). Etude des Purpuridae et description d'espèces nouvelles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie.</em> ser. 3, 7: 314-348., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150511
page(s): 336 [details]
status source
Barco, A.; Herbert, G.; Houart, R.; Fassio, G. & Oliverio, M. (2017). A molecular phylogenetic framework for the subfamily Ocenebrinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 46 (3): 322-335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12219 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Type species In the original paper where the name Poropteron was established, "Murex tubifer Bruguière" [Purpura tubifer Bruguière, 1792] is listed as type species of both Poropteron (genus 38) and Typhis (genus 39). This is certainly an error. In the follow-up publication, Jousseaume [1881, Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, ser. 3, 7: 336] diagnosed Poropteron and stated the type species to be Murex uncinarius Lamarck, 1822. [details]