Biology:Enixotrophon pulchellus

Short description: Species of gastropod

Enixotrophon pulchellus
Shell of Enixotrophon pulchellus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Muricidae
Subfamily:	Pagodulinae
Genus:	Enixotrophon
Species:	E. pulchellus
Binomial name
Enixotrophon pulchellus (Schepman, 1911)
Synonyms
Pagodula pulchella (Schepman, 1911) Trophon johannthielei Barnard, 1959 (dubious synonym) Trophon pulchellus Schepman, 1911 (original combination)

Enixotrophon pulchellus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea

References

• Houart R., Kilburn R.N. & Marais A.P. (2010) Muricidae. pp. 176–270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
• Houart R. & Héros V. , 2016. New species and records of deep water muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Papua New Guinea. Vita Malacologica 15: 7-34

External links

• Barco, A.; Marshall, B.; A. Houart, R.; Oliverio, M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetics of Haustrinae and Pagodulinae (Neogastropoda: Muricidae) with a focus on New Zealand species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81(4): 476-488

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