Acanthotrophon

Acanthotrophon
A shell of Acanthotrophon sentus Berry, 1869
A shell of Acanthotrophon carduus (Broderip, 1833)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Acanthotrophon
Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Acanthotrophon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Acanthotrophon include:

References


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