Biology:Trophon minutus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trophon minutus
Trophon minutus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. minutus
Binomial name
Trophon minutus
Strebel, 1907
Synonyms
  • Trophon condensatus Hedley, 1916

Trophon minutus 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 7.3 mm in length.[2]

Distribution

It can be found off of the South Georgia Islands, South Sandwich Islands, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, and Antarctica.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7845658 entry