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

Species

ribhorens

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyMuricidae
Habitatmarine
Observations367

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Specimen records
609
With media
56
Family
Muricidae
Collections
RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UCMP, UWBM, SDNHM, PRI
Recorded in
Japan, Panama, United States, Australia, Indonesia, Chile, Russia, Greenland

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Muricidae
Image
Trophon geversianus acordonada 002.jpg
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Commons category
Trophon
taxon name
Trophon
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Trophon
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Encyclopedic overview

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

==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Trophon: Trophon albolabratus Trophon bahamondei Trophon barnardi Trophon beatum Trophon brevispira Trophon celebensis Trophon clenchi Trophon coulmanensis † Trophon covacevichi Frassinetti, 2000 Trophon distantelamellatus Trophon drygalskii Trophon geversianus † Trophon huilliche Frassinetti, 2000 Trophon iarae Trophon leptocharteres † Trophon macharei DeVries, 2005 Trophon mawsoni Trophon melvillsmithi Trophon minutus † Trophon munitus Trophon nucelliformis Trophon ohlini † Trophon parcus Frassinetti, 2000 Trophon parodizi Trophon patagonicus Trophon paucilamellatus Trophon pelecetus Trophon pelseneeri Trophon plicatus Trophon purdyae †Trophon sowerbyi Trophon triacanthus † Trophon vetulus Frassinetti, 2000

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