| Poirieria | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Poirieria zelandica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Subfamily: | Pagodulinae |
| Genus: | Poirieria Jousseaume, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Murex zelandicus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Poirieria is a genus of large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Pagodulinae of the family Muricidae, the rock snails.[1]
- ^ a b Houart, R.; Gofas, S. (2010). Poirieria Jousseaume, 1880. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138203 on 2011-04-2