Abyssotrophon soyoae

Abyssotrophon soyoae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Abyssotrophon soyoae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Abyssotrophon
Species:
A. soyoae
Binomial name
Abyssotrophon soyoae
(Okutani, 1959)
Synonyms[1]

Abyssotrophon longisiphon Egorov, 1993
Abyssotrophon tricostatus Egorov, 1993
Trophonopsis soyoae Okutani, 1959

Distribution

Okinawa Trough.[2]

Ecology

It was recorded 1973 m deep.[2]

References

  1. Abyssotrophon soyoae (Okutani, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Miyazaki, Junichi; Kawagucci, Shinsuke (1 December 2017). "Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced areas in the Okinawa Trough". PeerJ. 5: e4121. doi:10.7717/peerj.4121. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5713630. PMID 29209579.


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