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Calotrophon
Sign in to saveCalotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyMuricidae
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- Specimen records
- 145
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Muricidae
- Collections
- UF, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- United States
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Calotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
==Species== Species within the genus Calotrophon include: Calotrophon andrewsi Vokes, 1976 Calotrophon carnicolor (Clench & Pérez Farfante, 1945) Calotrophon eugeniae (Vokes, 1992) Calotrophon gatunensis (Brown & Pilsbry, 1911) Calotrophon hemmenorum (Houart & Mühlhäusser, 1990) Calotrophon hystrix Garcia, 2006 Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846) Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919) Calotrophon velero (Vokes, 1970) Species brought into synonymy : Calotrophon bristolae Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Calotrophon turritus (Dall, 1919) Calotrophon emilyae Petuch, 1988 †: synonym of Calotrophon ostrearum (Conrad, 1846)
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