Biology:Trophon patagonicus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Trophon patagonicus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Muricidae
Genus: Trophon
Species:
T. patagonicus
Binomial name
Trophon patagonicus
(d'Orbigny, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Trophon necocheanum Ihering, 1907

Trophon patagonicus 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 30 mm to 55 mm in length.[2]

Distribution

It can be found in the southern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7845664 entry