Biology:Abyssotrophon delicatus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Abyssotrophon |
| Species: | A. delicatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Abyssotrophon delicatus (Kuroda, 1953)
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Abyssotrophon delicatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Description
The shell of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 12 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Japan.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Abyssotrophon delicatus (Kuroda, 1953). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 October 2011.
- Egorov R.V. 1994. New data on the taxonomy of molluscs of the family Trophoninae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the northwestern Pacific. Ruthenica 4(2): 97–101.
- Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225–383.
External links
- "Abyssotrophon delicatus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_62312.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q4670777 entry
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