Biology:Trophon brevispira

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trophon brevispira
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. brevispira
Binomial name
Trophon brevispira
Martens, 1885

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

Description

The shell can grow to be 25 to 35 millimetres (0.98 to 1.38 in).

Distribution

It can be found off of the South Georgia Islands and Antarctica.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7845643 entry