Biology:Trophon nucelliformis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trophon nucelliformis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. nucelliformis
Binomial name
Trophon nucelliformis
Oliver & Picken, 1984

Trophon nucelliformis 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 22 mm in length.[2]

Distribution

Can be found off of South Shetland Islands and the South Orkney Islands.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7845660 entry