Acanthotrophon striatoides

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

Acanthotrophon striatoides
Shell of Acanthotrophon striatoides (specien at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Muricidae
Subfamily:
Muricopsinae
Genus:
Acanthotrophon
Species:
A. striatoides
Binomial name
Acanthotrophon striatoides
Vokes, 1980

References
  1. Acanthotrophon striatoides Vokes, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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