Biology:Boreotrophon dabneyi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Boreotrophon dabneyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Muricidae
Genus:	Boreotrophon
Species:	B. dabneyi
Binomial name
Boreotrophon dabneyi (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Synonyms
Trophon dabneyi Dautzenberg, 1889 Trophon dabneyi var. lanceolata Locard, 1897 Trophon dabneyi var. minor Locard, 1897 Trophon decoratus Locard, 1897 Trophon decoratus var. lanceolata Locard, 1897 (synonym) Trophon decoratus var. minor Locard, 1897

Boreotrophon dabneyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Azores.

External links

• MNHN, Paris: syntype
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1889). Contribution à la faune malacologique des Iles Açores. Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert Ier Prince Souverain de Monaco, I. Imprimerie de Monaco: Monaco. 112, IV plates
• Locard A. (1897–1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], pp. 1–516 pl. 1–22; vol. 2 [1898], pp. 1–515, pl. 1–18.
• Serge GOFAS, Ángel A. LUQUE, Joan Daniel OLIVER,José TEMPLADO & Alberto SERRA (2021) - The Mollusca of Galicia Bank (NE Atlantic Ocean); European Journal of Taxonomy 785: 1–114

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